Fat Deposition in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Assessed by CMR
Author(s) -
Minjie Lu,
Shihua Zhao,
Shi-liang Jiang,
Gang Yin,
Cheng Wang,
Yan Zhang,
Qiong Liu,
Huaibing Cheng,
Ning Ma,
Tao Zhao,
Xiuyu Chen,
Jinghan Huang,
Yubao Zou,
Lei Song,
Zuo-Xiang He,
Jing An,
Renate Jerec̆ić,
Hui Xue,
Saurabh Shah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.04.010
Subject(s) - dilated cardiomyopathy , cardiology , medicine , deposition (geology) , cardiomyopathy , heart failure , biology , paleontology , sediment
The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate the prevalence of fat deposition in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) by fat-water separation imaging. An auxiliary aim was to determine the relationship between left ventricular (LV) fat deposition and characteristic myocardial fibrosis, as well as cardiac functional parameters.
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