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Cardiovascular Imaging in Clinical Practice

Cardiovascular Imaging in Clinical Practice Editorials represent the opinions EDITORIAL of the authors and JAMA and not those of the American Medical Association. What Does Late Gadolinium Enhance? higher risk for multiple cardiovascular events including all- Deepak K. Gupta, MD cause mortality as well as those attributed to sudden car- Raymond Y. Kwong, MD, MPH diac death. Patients with midwall LGE had a nearly 3 times Marc A. Pfeffer, MD, PhD increased risk of death compared with those without mid- wall LGE over a median of 5 years of follow up. Impor- HE EVOLVING CAPACITY TO NONINVASIVELY IMAGE tantly, the authors suggested that midwall LGE reclassified the contracting heart and assess structure, func- risk of adverse prognosis in patients with DCM above that tion, perfusion, and viability has led to remarkable conferred by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). These Tprogress in the ability to more accurately make new findings in DCM build on the existing literature re- cardiovascular diagnoses and to augment prognostic capa- garding the relationship between the presence and extent bilities. For the cardiovascular specialist, when guided by of LGE and reduced survival in patients with ischemic car- patients’ history and physical examination results, the 7,8 diomyopathy. transthoracic echocardiogram has earned its http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Cardiovascular Imaging in Clinical Practice

JAMA , Volume 309 (9) – Mar 6, 2013

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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2013 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.2013.1806
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23462791
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Abstract

Editorials represent the opinions EDITORIAL of the authors and JAMA and not those of the American Medical Association. What Does Late Gadolinium Enhance? higher risk for multiple cardiovascular events including all- Deepak K. Gupta, MD cause mortality as well as those attributed to sudden car- Raymond Y. Kwong, MD, MPH diac death. Patients with midwall LGE had a nearly 3 times Marc A. Pfeffer, MD, PhD increased risk of death compared with those without mid- wall LGE over a median of 5 years of follow up. Impor- HE EVOLVING CAPACITY TO NONINVASIVELY IMAGE tantly, the authors suggested that midwall LGE reclassified the contracting heart and assess structure, func- risk of adverse prognosis in patients with DCM above that tion, perfusion, and viability has led to remarkable conferred by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). These Tprogress in the ability to more accurately make new findings in DCM build on the existing literature re- cardiovascular diagnoses and to augment prognostic capa- garding the relationship between the presence and extent bilities. For the cardiovascular specialist, when guided by of LGE and reduced survival in patients with ischemic car- patients’ history and physical examination results, the 7,8 diomyopathy. transthoracic echocardiogram has earned its

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Published: Mar 6, 2013

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