Quantification of fatty tissue mass by magnetic resonance imaging in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.

INTRODUCTION: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) is a heart muscle disorder in which the pathological substrate is a fatty or fibro-fatty replacement of the right ventricular (RV) myocardium. METHODS AND RESULTS: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies were performed in 10 patients w...

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Published in:Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 256 - 262
Main Authors: Fattori R, Tricoci P, Russo V, Lovato L, Bacchi-Reggiani L, Gavelli G, Branzi A, Boriani G
Format: diagnostic images pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2005
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