Delayed enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can identify the risk for ventricular tachycardia in chagas' cardiomyopathy

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 421-430

  de Mello, Ronaldo Peixoto ^a   Szarf, Gilberto ^c   Schvartzman, Paulo Roberto ^d   Nakano, Edson Minoru ^c   Espinosa, Mariano Martinez ^b   Szejnfeld, Denis ^c   Fernandes, Verônica ^e   Lima, João A C ^e   Cirenza, Claudio ^c   De Paola, Angelo A V ^c  

^a Hospital e Pronto Socorro Municipal   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL MOINHOS DE VENTO   (Brazil)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Chagas' cardiomyopathy; Tachycardia ventricular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84866038914     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2012005000031     Document Type: Article

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