Diagnosis and Prognosis in Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors Without Coronary Artery Disease: Utility of a Clinical Approach Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging [Magnetic Resonance Imaging]

Conclusions— CMR identified a likely pathogenesis for sudden cardiac arrest in nearly half of survivors in whom coronary artery disease had been excluded. One in 3 subjects had MACE; risk doubled in those with a CMR diagnosis and some CMR parameters—late gadolinium enhancement, left ventricular ejection fraction, and especially right ventricular ejection fraction—associated with prognosis.

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - December 13, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Rodrigues, P., Joshi, A., Williams, H., Westwood, M., Petersen, S. E., Zemrak, F., Schilling, R. J., Kirkby, C., Wragg, A., Manisty, C., Mohiddin, S. Tags: Sudden Cardiac Death, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Source Type: research