Abstract #2432
Prognostic significance of late gadolinium enhancement patterns in patients with pulmonary hypertension
Andrew James Swift 1 , Smitha Rajaram 2 , Dave Capener 3 , Judith Hurdman 4 , Robin Condliffe 4 , Charlie Elliot 4 , Jim Wild 3 , and David G Kiely 4
1
University of Sheffield, Sheffield,
S.Yorkshire, United Kingdom,
2
Radiology
Department, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust,
S.Yorkshire, United Kingdom,
3
University
of Sheffield, S.Yorkshire, United Kingdom,
4
Sheffield
Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust, S.Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Late gadolinium enhanced imaging allows the assessment
of changes in the extra cellular compartment of
myocardial tissue related to pathophysiological
processes of oedema and fibrosis. This study shows that
LGE of the interventricular septum in patients with
pulmonary hypertension indicates a clinical phenotype
with patients having higher right ventricular volume and
worse outcome.
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