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T1 Mapping in Discrimination of Hypertrophic Phenotypes: Hypertensive Heart Disease and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Findings From the International T1 Multicenter Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study.
Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging - 1 Dec 2015
Hinojar Rocio, Varma Niharika, Child Nick, Goodman Benjamin, Jabbour Andrew, Yu Chung-Yao, Gebker Rolf, Doltra Adelina, Kelle Sebastian, Khan Sitara, Rogers Toby, Arroyo Ucar Eduardo, Cummins Ciara, Carr-White Gerald, Nagel Eike, Puntmann Valentina O
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BACKGROUND: The differential diagnosis of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy remains challenging in clinical practice, in particular, between hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and increased LV wall thickness because of systemic hypertension. Diffuse myocardial disease is a characteristic feature in HCM, and an early manifestation of sarcomere-gene mutations in subexpressed family members (G+P- subjects). This...
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