Commentary
Kidney International (2006) 69, 1711–1712. doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000259
Detection of pattern of myocardial fibrosis by contrast-enhanced MRI: Is redefinition of uremic cardiomyopathy necessary for management of patients?
1Division of Cardiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Correspondence: J Aoki, Division of Cardiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Kanda-izumicho 1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 111-0043, Japan. E-mail: aokijiro@aol.com
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Abstract
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) can detect cardiac tissue components for several kinds of cardiac myopathies. Mark et al. found two patterns of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in patients with uremic cardiomyopathy: focal LGE and diffuse LGE. The impact of these contrast-enhanced CMR findings on clinical outcomes warrants assessment in future studies.
