Relationship of Delayed Enhancement by Magnetic Resonance to Myocardial Perfusion by Positron Emission Tomography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Paco E. Bravo, Stefan L. Zimmerman, Hong-Chang Luo, Iraklis Pozios, Mahadevan Rajaram, Aurélio Pinheiro, Charles Steenbergen, Ihab R. Kamel, Richard L. Wahl, David A. Bluemke,

Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging · 2013 · 67 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

We found a close relationship between DE by CMR and microvascular function in most of the patients studied. However, a small proportion of patients had DE in the absence of perfusion abnormalities, suggesting that microvascular dysfunction and ischemia are not the sole causes of DE in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients.

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