Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 544-549

  Ruberg, Frederick L ^a   Appelbaum, Evan ^b   Davidoff, Ravin ^a   Ozonoff, Al ^c   Kissinger, Kraig V ^b   Harrigan, Caitlin ^b   Skinner, Martha ^a   Manning, Warren J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 59049105664     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.09.105     Document Type: Article

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