Myocardial Fibrosis Identified by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Late Gadolinium Enhancement Is Associated With Adverse Ventricular Mechanics and Ventricular Tachycardia Late After Fontan Operation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1721-1728

  Rathod, Rahul H ^a   Prakash, Ashwin ^a   Powell, Andrew J ^a   Geva, Tal ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital heart disease; Fontan procedure; magnetic resonance imaging; myocardial delayed enhancement; myocardial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950614447     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.12.036     Document Type: Article

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