Myocardial scar predicts monomorphic ventricular tachycardia but not polymorphic ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2106-2114

  Piers, Sebastiaan R D ^a   Everaerts, Kimberly ^b   Van Der Geest, Rob J ^a   Hazebroek, Mark R ^b   Siebelink, Hans Marc ^a   Pison, Laurent A F G ^b   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bekkers, Sebastiaan C A M ^b   Heymans, Stephane ^b,c   Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Fibrosis; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Late gadolinium enhancement; Nonischemic cardiomyopathy; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMAL SIGNAL INTENSITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL SCAR; NONISCHEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CICATRIX; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84942278935     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.026     Document Type: Article

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