Focal fibrosis and diffuse fibrosis are predictors of reversed left ventricular remodeling in patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy

• Main Authors: Teerapat Yingchoncharoen, Christine Jellis, Zoran B. Popovic, Lu Wang, Neville Gai, Wayne C. Levy, W. H.Wilson Tang, Scott Flamm, Deborah H. Kwon
• Other Authors: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/41087
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2016 Background Prognostic value of myocardial fibrosis in patients with non-ischemic idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is not well-defined. We sought to assess the association of focal and diffuse myocardial fibrosis with left ventricular reversed remodeling (LVRR). Methods Patients with DC...