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Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Lipomatous Metaplasia in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction
- Source :
- JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 8(9):1111-1112
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2015.
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Abstract
- It has been noted recently, initially in pathological specimens, that infarcted myocardium can be infiltrated by adipose cells, known as lipomatous metaplasia (LM). It has been suggested that the presence of myocardial fat may interfere with the conduction system of the heart, perhaps providing a
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Time Factors
Myocardial Infarction
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Adipose tissue
Ventricular Function, Left
Internal medicine
Metaplasia
Prevalence
Humans
Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Prospective Studies
cardiovascular diseases
Myocardial infarction
Ventricular remodeling
Prospective cohort study
Pathological
Aged
Ventricular Remodeling
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Myocardium
Magnetic resonance imaging
Middle Aged
Prognosis
medicine.disease
Scotland
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
cardiovascular system
Cardiology
Female
Lipoma
Electrical conduction system of the heart
medicine.symptom
business
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1936878X
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....350d912c4eff985cb6fe20a659224c52
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.07.024