The Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Autor: | Alessandro Capucci, Francesca Terzi, Rosario Parisi, Marco Marchesini, Gianmaria Mattioli, Lucia Uguccioni, Rossella Fattori, Roberto Olivieri |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cardiomyopathy Contrast Media Diagnosis Differential Contractility 03 medical and health sciences Imaging Three-Dimensional 0302 clinical medicine Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging Internal medicine Image Interpretation Computer-Assisted Humans Medicine medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Cardiac ultrastructure General Medicine Cardiomyopathy Hypertrophic medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Phenotype 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Risk stratification cardiovascular system Cardiology Imaging technique Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
Zdroj: | Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 17:57-64 |
ISSN: | 1530-6550 |
DOI: | 10.3909/ricm0811 |
Popis: | Until recently, the only imaging technique for the diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) was two-dimensional echocardiography, and the use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) was limited to patients with poor acoustic windows. Now, cMRI has gained an essential role in the diagnosis of HCM, providing superior visualization of myocardial hypertrophy-even in remote zones of the left ventricle-and visualization of subtle changes in thickness and contractility over time. The morphologic accuracy of cMRI allows for the differentiation of HCM from other pathologic conditions with hypertrophic phenotype. Moreover, cMRI sheds light on the in vivo fibrotic changes in cardiac ultrastructure, offering an important advantage in the understanding of pathologic mechanisms of the disease, allowing early identification, risk stratification, and timely therapeutic management. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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