Myocardial fibrosis detected with Gadolinium Delayed Enhancement in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ventriculoarterial Coupling alterations in patients with Acute Myocarditis.
CONCLUSION: In acute myocarditis patients, DGE is related to neither EF nor VAC; however, EF significantly affects the VAC status. Further studies are needed to investigate the potential quantitative, rather than qualitative, relationships between these variables.
PMID: 28081949 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hellenic Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: Hellenic J Cardiol Source Type: research
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