Responses
Original article
Impaired left ventricular energy metabolism in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is related to the extension of fibrosis at delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
Compose a Response to This Article
Other responses
Jump to comment:
- Published on: 4 September 2008
- Published on: 4 September 2008Impaired left ventricular energy metabolism in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is not due to fibrosisShow More
Esposito et al address an important pathophysiological question, i.e., whether altered cardiac energy metabolism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is primary or secondary, due to fibrosis (1). The authors conclude that “the inverse relation observed between LE extension (LE = late enhancement a measure of fibrosis) and the alteration of PCr/ATP-ratio (PCr = phosphocreatine; ATP = adenosinetriphosphate) suggests that...
Conflict of Interest:
None declared.