Cardiac MR1 and peripartum cardiomyopathy.

Guillaume Leurent (1, 2, 3)

1 Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires [Rennes] = Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery [Rennes]
2 LTSI - Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et de l'Image
3 CIC-IT Rennes

Letter to the Editor. Cardiac MRI brings great benefits in the comprehension of the mechanism(s) involved in the genesis of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPC). Cardiac MRI may also procure prognostic information. Because this is a rare affection, it seems necessary to systematically study PPC with this safe, non invasive and reliable tool. Creation of a multicentric register with a systematic application of cardiac MRI in this pathology may be considered.

Mots clés: Cardiac MRI; Peripartum cardiomyopathy; Prognosis; Pathogenesis

Domaines: Ingénierie biomédicale; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire

Guillaume Leurent. Cardiac MR1 and peripartum cardiomyopathy.. 2010, pp.303-304. ⟨10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.142⟩. ⟨hal-00910006⟩