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Sporadic inclusion body myositis: no specific cardiac involvement in cardiac magnetic resonance tomography.

Angela RosenbohmDominik BuckertJan KassubekWolfgang RottbauerAlbert C LudolphPeter Bernhardt
Published in: Journal of neurology (2020)
CMR revealed subtle changes in cardiac geometry and tissue characterization in IBM patients when compared to a gender- and age-matched control group. Findings in CMR indicated a higher extent of diffuse myocardial fibrosis as well as smaller left ventricular stroke volumes. These alterations may be due to a higher prevalence of arterial hypertension in the IBM cohort.
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