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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of myocardial contrast uptake and blood flow in patients affected with idiopathic or familial dilated cardiomyopathy.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Sept 2008
Jerosch-Herold Michael, Sheridan David C, Kushner Jessica D, Nauman Deirdre, Burgess Donna, Dutton Diana, Alharethi Rami, Li Duanxiang, Hershberger Ray E
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Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) is characterized by left ventricular (LV) enlargement with systolic dysfunction, other causes excluded. When inherited, it represents familial dilated cardiomyopathy (FDC). We hypothesized that IDC or FDC would show with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) inc...
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