Myocardial fibrosis in the right ventricle detected on ECG gated 320 slice CT showed a short term poor prognosis in subjects with pulmonary hypertension

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 20;168(1):584-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.251. Epub 2013 Mar 28.

Authors

Koya Ozawa¹, Nobusada Funabashi, Akihisa Kataoka, Nobuhiro Tanabe, Noriyuki Yanagawa, Koichiro Tatsumi, Yoshio Kobayashi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.

PMID: 23541610
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.251

No abstract available

Keywords: ECG gated 320 slice CT; Myocardial fibrosis; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle; Short term poor prognosis.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Electrocardiography* / methods
Female
Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
Fibrosis / physiopathology
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Multidetector Computed Tomography* / methods
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Time Factors