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Late gadolinium enhancement confined to the right ventricular insertion points in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: an intermediate stage phenotype?
European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging - 1 Mar 2016
Bravo Paco E, Luo Hong-Chang, Pozios Iraklis, Zimmerman Stefan L, Corona-Villalobos Celia Pamela, Sorensen Lars, Kamel Ihab R, Bluemke David A, Wahl Richard L, Abraham M Roselle, Abraham Theodore P
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To investigate whether hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) confined to the right ventricular insertion points (RVIP) differ phenotypically from patients without LGE or intramural LGE in the left ventricle (LV). METHODS AND RESULTS: Sixty-two HCM patients underwent cardiac magnetic resonance for quantification of LGE (% LV mass) and were classified as group (i)...
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