Selecting Patients With Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy for ICDs: Myocardial Function, Fibrosis, and What's Attached?

John G F Cleland; Brian P Halliday; Sanjay K Prasad

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2017.07.748

Selecting Patients With Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy for ICDs: Myocardial Function, Fibrosis, and What's Attached?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Sep 5;70(10):1228-1231. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.07.748.

Authors

John G F Cleland¹, Brian P Halliday², Sanjay K Prasad²

Affiliations

¹ Robertson Centre for Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: [email protected].
² CMR Unit and Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.

PMID: 28859785
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.07.748

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Keywords: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; dilated cardiomyopathy; gadolinium; heart failure; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; myocardial scar.

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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy*
Cardiomyopathies*
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated*
Electric Countershock
Humans
Myocardium

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