Analysis of Three-Dimensional Scar Architecture and Conducting Channels by High-Resolution Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Chagas Heart Disease.

João Bosco de Figueiredo Santos Ilan Gottlieb Eduardo Marinho Tassi Gabriel Cordeiro Camargo Jacob Atié Sergio Salles Xavier Roberto Coury Pedrosa Josep Brugada Roberto Magalhaes Saraiva

Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2022)

High-resolution contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance can identify border zone channels in patients with Chagas heart disease. Moreover, border zone channel extension was independently associated with clinical events.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance
high resolution
diffusion weighted
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
diffusion weighted imaging
left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
trypanosoma cruzi
mass spectrometry
tandem mass spectrometry
dual energy
heart failure
wound healing
atrial fibrillation