Myocardial perfusion-fibrosis pattern in systemic sclerosis assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Mavrogeni, Sophie ^a   Bratis, Konstantinos ^a   Van Wijk, Kees ^d   Stavropoulos, Efthymios ^c   Hautemann, David ^d   Reiber, Johan H C ^b   Kolovou, Genovefa ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ATHENS NAVAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d Medis Medical Imaging Systems bv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Myocardial fibrosis; Perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FINGER ULCER; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STRESS CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 84865483554     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.039     Document Type: Article

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