title: Cardiac MRI and CT features of inheritable and congenital conditions associated with sudden cardiac death.
abstract: Cardiac MRI (CMR) and electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) are increasingly important tools in the identification and assessment of cardiac-related disease processes, including those associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD). While the commonest cause of SCD is coronary artery disease (CAD), in patients under 35 years inheritable cardiomyopathies such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy are important aetiologies. CMR in particular offers both accurate delineation of the morphological abnormalities associated with these and other conditions and the possibility for risk stratification for development of ventricular arrhythmias with demonstration of macroscopic scar by delayed enhancement imaging with intravenous gadolinium.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sparrow
authors.forename: Naeem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Provost
authors.forename: Deirdre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: Elsie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Narinder
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000473:pathology*; D003935:Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
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