Seven of the patients had structurally normal hearts, while the remaining 6 had non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. Based on the VIVO mapping findings the patients were divided in two groups. Group A: 7 patients in whom ablation was considered suitable. In this group a VIVO based anatomy CA was ...
Keywords:Amyloidosis;Cardiomyopathy;Computedtomography;Echocardiography;Magneticresonanceimaging;Myocarditis;Radionuclideimaging;Sarcoidosis INTRODUCTION Enhancedcontentforthisarticleisavailableonthejournalwebsite:cardiologytherapy-opencom Cardiovasculardiseaseistheleadingcauseofdeathworldwide[1].From1990to2010,the ...
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a non-invasive imaging modality that utilizes non-ionizing radiation. CMR has been successfully used for the evaluation of myocardial inflammation in various autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including RA [11,12,13]. The ability of CMR to characterize myocardial...