Absence of late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in ventricular fibrillation and nonischemic cardiomyopathy.
Aleksandr VoskoboinikMichael C G WongJessica K ElliottBenedict T CostelloSandeep PrabhuJustin A MarianiJonathan M KalmanPeter M KistlerAndrew J TaylorJoseph B MortonPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2018)
Most VF survivors with a diagnosis of NICM did not have LGE on CMR and would not have met primary prevention ICD criteria based on LVEF. Absence of LGE may not portend a benign prognosis in NICM. Novel strategies for determining SCD risk in this cohort are required.