title: Original report. Late myocardial enhancement in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with contrast-enhanced MR imaging.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Contrast-enhanced MR imaging has great clinical value as a means of characterizing myocardial tissue in patients with ischemic heart disease. The purpose of our study was to evaluate use of this technique in the assessment of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  On late-enhancement MR imaging, the various types or patterns of enhancement found in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are related to differences in morphology and regional function. Enhancement in hypertrophied areas likely reflects the presence of abundant connective tissue, foci of myocardial necrosis, or a combination of both.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gasthuisberg University Hospital Leuven, Herestr. 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bogaert
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Fadi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tannouri
authors.forename: Jafar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Golzarian
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dymarkowski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA