Mid wall fibrosis on CMR with late gadolinium enhancement may predict prognosis for LVAD and transplantation risk in patients with newly diagnosed dilated cardiomyopathy-preliminary observations from a high-volume transplant centre.

Autor: Venero JV; Division of Cardiology Allegheny General Hospital East North Ave Pittsburgh PA USA., Doyle M; Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute East North Ave Pittsburgh PA USA., Shah M; Division of CardiologyAllegheny General HospitalEast North AvePittsburghPAUSA; Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular InstituteEast North AvePittsburghPAUSA., Rathi VK; Bon Secours Richmond Health System Sherwood Drive Colonial Heights VA 23834 USA., Yamrozik JA; Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute East North Ave Pittsburgh PA USA., Williams RB; Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute East North Ave Pittsburgh PA USA., Vido DA; Division of Cardiology Allegheny General Hospital East North Ave Pittsburgh PA USA., Rayarao G; Division of Cardiology Allegheny General Hospital East North Ave Pittsburgh PA USA., Benza R; Division of CardiologyAllegheny General HospitalEast North AvePittsburghPAUSA; Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular InstituteEast North AvePittsburghPAUSA., Murali S; Division of CardiologyAllegheny General HospitalEast North AvePittsburghPAUSA; Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular InstituteEast North AvePittsburghPAUSA., Glass J; Division of Pathology Allegheny General Hospital East North Ave Pittsburgh PA USA., Olson P; Division of Pathology Allegheny General Hospital East North Ave Pittsburgh PA USA., Sokos G; Division of CardiologyAllegheny General HospitalEast North AvePittsburghPAUSA; Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular InstituteEast North AvePittsburghPAUSA., Biederman RW; Division of CardiologyAllegheny General HospitalEast North AvePittsburghPAUSA; Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular InstituteEast North AvePittsburghPAUSA.

Publikováno v: ESC heart failure [ESC Heart Fail] 2015 Dec; Vol. 2 (4), pp. 150-159. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jul 29.