Suggested paper of the week:
Regional Left Ventricular Myocardial Dysfunction as a Predictor of Incident Cardiovascular Events MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Apr 26;57(17):1735-44
Dr. Yan and his cols from the Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA) examined the prognostic value of subclinical left ventricular (LV) regional myocardial dysfunction (RMD) measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) among asymptomatic individuals in an asymptomatic multiethnic American cohort and concluded that RMD is an independent predictor beyond traditional risk factors and global LV assessment for incident heart failure and atherosclerotic cardiovascular events.
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