Potential role of fibrosis imaging in severe valvular heart disease

Heart. 2015 Mar;101(5):397-407. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304679. Epub 2014 Jun 12.

Authors

Philippe Debonnaire¹, Victoria Delgado², Jeroen J Bax²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Department of Cardiology, AZ Sint-Jan Bruges, Bruges, Belgium.
² Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

PMID: 24924620
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304679

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Keywords: ALLIED SPECIALITIES.

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve Stenosis / pathology*
Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
Fibrosis
Heart Ventricles / pathology
Humans
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / pathology*
Myocardial Contraction
Myocardium / pathology*
Prognosis
Severity of Illness Index
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / pathology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / pathology