Incremental value of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnostic work-up of patients with apparently idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias of left ventricular origin

Daniele Muser; Gianluca Piccoli; Michela Puppato; Alessandro Proclemer; Gaetano Nucifora

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.127

Incremental value of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnostic work-up of patients with apparently idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias of left ventricular origin

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Feb 1:180:142-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.127. Epub 2014 Nov 25.

Authors

Daniele Muser¹, Gianluca Piccoli², Michela Puppato², Alessandro Proclemer³, Gaetano Nucifora⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, University Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy; Postgraduate School of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
² Division of Diagnostic Angiography and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy.
³ Division of Cardiology, University Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, University Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy. Electronic address: gnucifora@cardionet.it.

PMID: 25438235
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.127

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Cardiomyopathy; Left ventricle; Myocardial fibrosis; Structural heart disease; Ventricular arrhythmias.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Electrocardiography
Heart Ventricles / pathology*
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
Ventricular Function, Left*