They also found that the presence of LGE, denoting myocardial fibrosis, correlated significantly with longer disease duration, higher erythrocyte sedimentation rate and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies, Dr. Mavrogeni said.
Cardiac MRI might “facilitate the differential diagnosis and patients’ risk stratification,” she said.
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Thomas R. Collins is a freelance medical writer based in Florida.
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