Left Ventricular Entropy Is a Novel Predictor of Arrhythmic Events in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy Receiving Defibrillators for Primary Prevention
Author(s) -
Rahul G. Muthalaly,
Raymond Y. Kwong,
Roy M. John,
Rob J. van der Geest,
Qian Tao,
Benjamin Schaeffer,
Shinichi Tanigawa,
Tomofumi Nakamura,
Kyoichi Kaneko,
Usha B. Tedrow,
William G. Stevenson,
Laurence M. Epstein,
Sunil Kapur,
Paul C. Zei,
Bruce A. Koplan
Publication year - 2018
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.2018.07.003
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ejection fraction , heart failure , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , hazard ratio , sudden cardiac death , dilated cardiomyopathy , cardiomyopathy , confidence interval
The aim of this study was to assess the utility of left ventricular (LV) entropy, a novel measure of myocardial heterogeneity, for predicting cardiovascular events in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
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