Predictors of Left Ventricular Remodelling in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy – A Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study

Abstract

Substantial recovery of LV function occurs within 12 months in most patients with recent-onset DCM. Women had the greatest improvement in LVEF. A low LV contractile reserve measured by dobutamine stress CMR appears to identify patients whose LVEF is less likely to recover.