Abstract
Background Advances in tissue characterization with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) have highlighted the importance of myocardial fibrosis (MF) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) by confirming that its presence and extent predicts adverse outcomes. Despite of the identification of several genes related to HCM, few studies have investigated the association between genotype and MF. In this study, we sought to investigate the relationship between two most common gene mutations in HCM and the extension of MF by LGE.
Highlights
Advances in tissue characterization with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) have highlighted the importance of myocardial fibrosis (MF) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) by confirming that its presence and extent predicts adverse outcomes
Despite of the identification of several genes related to HCM, few studies have investigated the association between genotype and MF
Myocardial fibrosis was measured by a thresholding technique above normal myocardium
Summary
Advances in tissue characterization with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) have highlighted the importance of myocardial fibrosis (MF) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) by confirming that its presence and extent predicts adverse outcomes. Despite of the identification of several genes related to HCM, few studies have investigated the association between genotype and MF.
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