Assessment of the Presence of Occult Myocardial Infarction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

C. Aengus Murphy,Kevin G. Blyth,Rekha Chaudhuri,Jane Lafferty,Eleanor J. Hothersall,Tracey Steedman,Charles McSharry,Henry J. Dargie,Neil C. Thomson

Assessment of the Presence of Occult Myocardial Infarction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2009

C. Aengus Murphy
Kevin G. Blyth
Rekha Chaudhuri
Jane Lafferty
Eleanor J. Hothersall
Tracey Steedman
Charles McSharry
Henry J. Dargie
Neil C. Thomson

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been identified as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease, independent of smoking history, and inflammation is though

Keywords:

Respiratory disease
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Risk factor
Pathology
C-reactive protein
Myocardial infarction
Heart disease
COPD
Medicine
Diabetes mellitus
Occult
Inflammation

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