Diffuse myocardial fibrosis and inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis: Insights from CMR T1 Mapping

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 526-536

  Ntusi, Ntobeko A B ^a,b   Piechnik, Stefan K ^a   Francis, Jane M ^a   Ferreira, Vanessa M ^a   Matthews, Paul M ^c,d   Robson, Matthew D ^a   Wordsworth, Paul B ^a   Neubauer, Stefan ^a   Karamitsos, Theodoros D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

diffuse myocardial fibrosis; edema; extracellular volume estimation; gadolinium; inflammation; inflammatory arthropathies; T1 time

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; GADOLINIUM; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; EDEMA, CARDIAC; ENGLAND; FIBROSIS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; EDEMA, CARDIAC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84929030764     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.12.025     Document Type: Article

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