Prognostic implications of fragmented QRS and its relationship with delayed contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1417-1422

  Ahn, Min Soo ^a   Kim, Jin Bae ^b   Joung, Boyoung ^c   Lee, Moon Hyoung ^c   Kim, Sung Soon ^c  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Electrocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED CONTRAST ENHANCED CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAGMENTED QRS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ISCHEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881475872     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.064     Document Type: Article

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