Usefulness of apical area index to predict left ventricular thrombus in patients with systolic dysfunction: a novel index from cardiac magnetic resonance.

Yodying KaolawanichThananya Boonyasirinant

Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2019)

Apical area index from CMR is a new index to predict LV thrombus in patients with LV systolic dysfunction and may have a future role in early anticoagulant therapy.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
magnetic resonance
heart failure
blood pressure
oxidative stress
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
atrial fibrillation
cardiac resynchronization therapy
stem cells
left atrial
magnetic resonance imaging
aortic stenosis
coronary artery disease
bone marrow
acute coronary syndrome