Prevalence of Pericardial Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Patients After Cardiac Surgery: Clinical and Histological Correlations.

Anne Giulia PavonRuben Martinez FernandezDimitri Arangalage Luca Bergamaschi Niccolò Maurizi Sebastien Colombier Samuel Rotman Anna Nowacka Judith Bouchardy Clement Juerg Schwitter Matthias KirschPierre MonneyTobias Rutz

Published in: Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging (2023)

Pericardial LGE is a frequent finding even several years after cardiac surgery. Its histological correlate is a chronic subclinical post-pericardiotomy inflammation.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
oxidative stress
risk factors
peritoneal dialysis
magnetic resonance
drug induced