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Global remodeling of the ventricular interstitium in idiopathic myocardial fibrosis and sudden cardiac death.
Heart rhythm - 1 Jul 2004
John Benjamin T, Tamarappoo Balaji K, Titus Jack L, Edwards William D, Shen Win-K, Chugh Sumeet S
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OBJECTIVE: Characterization of a distinct, and as yet unexplained phenotype of sudden cardiac death (SCD). BACKGROUND: In a subgroup of patients with SCD, postmortem findings are limited to isolated idiopathic myocardial fibrosis (IMF). The absence of confounding factors may facilitate evaluation of the relationship between myocardial fibrosis and ventricular arrhythmogenesis. METHODS: Six patients with IMF were...
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