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Prognostic Benefit of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Over Transthoracic Echocardiography for the Assessment of Ischemic and Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients Referred for the Evaluation of Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator Therapy
Author(s) -
Gianluca Pontone,
Andrea Igoren Guaricci,
Daniele Andreini,
Anna Solbiati,
Marco Guglielmo,
Saima Mushtaq,
Andrea Baggiano,
Virginia Beltrama,
Laura Fusini,
Cristina Rota,
Chiara Segurini,
Edoardo Conte,
Paola Gripari,
Antonio Dello Russo,
Massimo Moltrasio,
Fabrizio Tundo,
Federico Lombardi,
Giuseppe Muscogiuri,
Valentina Lorenzoni,
Claudio Tondo,
Piergiuseppe Agostoni,
Antonio L. Bartorelli,
Mauro Pepi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.115.004956
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ejection fraction , ventricle , mace , dilated cardiomyopathy , ventricular tachycardia , sudden cardiac death , stroke volume , hazard ratio , heart failure , myocardial infarction , percutaneous coronary intervention , confidence interval
The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic benefit of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) over transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in ischemic cardiomyopathy and nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy patients evaluated for primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy.

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