August 4, 2014Circulation1,047 citations
Prognostic Value of Quantitative Contrast-Enhanced Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Sudden Death Risk in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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Structured PICO
Does quantitative contrast-enhanced CMR measuring LGE improve the assessment of SCD event risk in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
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Population
Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
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Intervention
Quantitative contrast-enhanced Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) measuring Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE)
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Outcome
Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) event riskhard clinical
Extensive LGE on CMR helps stratify sudden cardiac death risk in HCM patients, especially those otherwise considered low risk.
Abstract
Extensive LGE measured by quantitative contrast enhanced CMR provides additional information for assessing SCD event risk among HCM patients, particularly patients otherwise judged to be at low risk.