CMR imaging of extracellular volume and myocardial strain in hypertensive heart disease

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Feb;8(2):181-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.12.002.

Authors

William H Gaasch¹, Gerard P Aurigemma²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: william.h.gaasch@lahey.org.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.

PMID: 25677890
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.12.002

No abstract available

Keywords: T1 mapping; cardiac magnetic resonance; extracellular volume; hypertension; left ventricular hypertrophy.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Extracellular Matrix / pathology*
Female
Humans
Hypertension / complications*
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods*
Male
Myocardium / pathology*
Ventricular Function, Left*