A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Hélder Jorge Andrade Gomes
, Alcides Rocha de Figueredo Junior
Hélder Jorge Andrade Gomes
, Alcides Rocha de Figueredo Junior
Despite substantially reducing age-adjusted cardiovascular mortality rates in recent decades, cardiovascular disease remains the most common cause of death. Studies estimate that sudden cardiac death is responsible for approximately 50% of all deaths from cardiovascular causes, with ventricular tachycardia with degeneration to ventricular fibrillation and asystole being the most common fatal sequence of pathophysiological events. The hard work done by authors of the article published in the Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia illustrates the role of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in […]
Keywords: Cardiomyopathes; Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality; Diagnostic Imaging / trends; Endomyocardial Fibrosis; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Myocardial Ischemia; Stroke Volume; Sudden Death