The amount of late gadolinium enhancement outperforms current guideline-recommended criteria in the identification of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at risk of sudden cardiac death

Identifying the patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in whom the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) justifies the implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in primary prevention remains cha...

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance - August 15, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Pedro Freitas, Ant ónio Miguel Ferreira, Edmundo Arteaga-Fernández, Murrilo de Oliveira Antunes, João Mesquita, João Abecasis, Hugo Marques, Carla Saraiva, Daniel Nascimento Matos, Rita Rodrigues, Nuno Cardim, Charles Mady and Carlos Eduardo Rochitte Tags: Research Source Type: research