Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 478-483 , December 2008

Utility of Myocardial Fibrosis and Fatty Infiltration Detected by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia—A Single Centre Experience

  • Heinz B. Pfluger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital Heart Centre and Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Arintaya Phrommintikul, MD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital Heart Centre and Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Justin A. Mariani, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital Heart Centre and Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Joshi G. Cherayath, Dip. AMIT

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare, Australia
    • ,
  • Andrew J. Taylor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital Heart Centre and Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Alfred and Baker Heart Research Institute, Heart Centre, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne 3004, Australia. Tel.: +61 390763263; fax: +61 390762461.

Received 19 October 2007 ,Revised 26 March 2008 ,Accepted 30 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.03.085

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 478-483 , December 2008

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