Connecting the dots: the relevance of scar in nonischemic cardiomyopathy

Editorial

Alan H Kadish et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009.

. 2009 Mar 31;53(13):1146-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.12.027.

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Delayed-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in nonischemic cardiomyopathy: utility for identifying the ventricular arrhythmia substrate.
Bogun FM, Desjardins B, Good E, Gupta S, Crawford T, Oral H, Ebinger M, Pelosi F, Chugh A, Jongnarangsin K, Morady F. Bogun FM, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Mar 31;53(13):1138-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.052. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009. PMID: 19324259 Free PMC article.

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