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Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Lipomatous Metaplasia in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction

Authors :
Roy S. Gardner
Ify Mordi
Colin Berry
Tony Stanton
David Carrick
Nikolaos Tzemos
Aleksandra Radjenovic
Allan R. McPhaden
Source :
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 8(9):1111-1112
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2015.

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

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