CMR for sudden cardiac death risk stratification: Are we there yet?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-348

  Lee, Daniel C ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contrast enhanced cardiac MRI; risk stratification; sudden cardiac death; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCED CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; NONSUSTAINED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SUSTAINED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84875382788     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.12.006     Document Type: Editorial

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