Does the presence of late gadolinium enhancement on cardiovascular magnetic resonance predict mortality in patients with severe aortic stenosis?
The presence of myocardial scar detected by late gadolinium enhancement on CMR is a strong independent predictor of late mortality in patients with severe aortic stenosis.
In patients with severe aortic stenosis, late gadolinium enhancement on cardiovascular magnetic resonance was independently associated with mortality; its presence was associated with a 2-fold higher late mortality.
Musa et al. (Thu,) studied this question.