Non-invasive evaluation of myocardial fibrosis: Implications for the clinician

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2016-2024

  Leong, Darryl P ^a,b   Madsen, Per Lav ^a   Selvanayagam, Joseph B ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FIBROSIS; FORECASTING; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 78649921832     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.183335     Document Type: Article

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