Left ventricular midwall fibrosis as a predictor of mortality and morbidity after cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1659-1667

  Leyva, Francisco ^a   Taylor, Robin J ^a   Foley, Paul W X ^a   Umar, Fraz ^a   Mulligan, Lawrence J ^b   Patel, Kiran ^a   Stegemann, Berthold ^b   Haddad, Tarek ^b   Smith, Russell E A ^a   Prasad, Sanjay K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; heart failure; midwall fibrosis; mortality; nonischemic cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR MIDWALL FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84867575160     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.05.054     Document Type: Article

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