Cardiovascular magnetic resonance with late gadolinium enhancement improves mortality prediction beyond echocardiography: a comparative effectiveness study

• Published in: Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance Vol. 14; no. S1; p. O34
• Main Authors: Schelbert, Erik B, Moguillansky, Diego, Wong, Timothy C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York BioMed Central 01.02.2012; BioMed Central Ltd; Elsevier
• Subjects: Diabetes; Heart attacks; Mortality; Oral Presentation; Studies

Background We tested the hypotheses that 1 ejection fraction (EF) assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a stronger predictor of all cause mortality than EF assessed by echocardiography; and 2 CMR with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) improves risk stratification over echocardiograp...