The Fault Is in Our Scars: LGE and Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in LV Dysfunction

Kenneth C Bilchick

doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.12.025

The Fault Is in Our Scars: LGE and Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in LV Dysfunction

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Sep;9(9):1056-1058. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.12.025. Epub 2016 Jul 20.

Author

Kenneth C Bilchick¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27450872
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.12.025

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac magnetic resonance; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; late gadolinium enhancement; sudden death; ventricular tachyarrhythmia.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Cicatrix*
Contrast Media
Defibrillators, Implantable
Gadolinium*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Risk Factors
Tachycardia, Ventricular

Substances

Contrast Media
Gadolinium