Right ventricular involvement is an important prognostic factor and risk stratification tool in suspected cardiac sarcoidosis: analysis by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Yoshinori KagiokaMasakazu YasudaMana OkuneKazuyoshi KakehiTakayuki KawamuraKazuhiro KobukeShunichi MiyazakiYoshitaka Iwanaga

Published in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2019)

Both RV EF and LGE were independently associated with MACE and enhanced risk stratification in patients with suspected CS. CMR may be a useful tool for detecting myocardial function and fibrosis in both the LV and RV.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
mycobacterium tuberculosis
left ventricular
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
pulmonary embolism
heart failure
atrial fibrillation
liver fibrosis
data analysis
diffusion weighted imaging