Post-infarct myocardial scar imaging in patients with ICD Scar imaging and substrate mapping are recognized as important steps in the post-infarct revas-cularization strategy. It is also helpful in planning ventri... JB Lepolaindewaroux,P Montant,C Scavee,... - 《European Heart Journal ...
Recommendations for ICD implantation is currently based on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), however less than a quarter of patients who receive ICDs based on LVEF have appropriate therapy. Heterogeneity of scar has been implicated in the development of re-entrant arrhythmias and SCD. ...
Additional benefits may also include reduced operative time, reduced recovery time, decreased the need for blood transfusion, less time under anesthesia, reduced duration of ICU stay, less pain, and an estimated 40% savings over conventional CABG [10]. The development of POAs is related t...
However, delayed contrast enhanced (DE) cardiac magnetic resonance (cMR), the gold standard technique for scar imaging, is not applicable in ICD patients. The present case illustrates alternative techniques to delineate myocardial scar in these particular patients. A 61-year-old patient with prior ...