Why the study?
Does 123I BMIPP SPECT imaging correlate with clinicopathological findings and predict clinical deterioration in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?
Population
32 consecutive patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean (SD) 20 (11) months
Authors
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Supports noninvasive metabolic assessment in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; leaves open incremental prognostic value pending prospective validation.
Does 123I BMIPP SPECT imaging correlate with clinicopathological findings and predict clinical deterioration in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?
Myocardial fatty acid metabolic abnormalities assessed by 123I BMIPP SPECT correlate with hemodynamic and histopathological severity and predict clinical deterioration in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Yazaki et al. (1999) studied this question.
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