Clinical & Experimental Cardiology

Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access

ISSN: 2155-9880

Research Article - (2011) Volume 2, Issue 9

Clinical and Functional Correlates of Myocardial Fibrosis in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Michael Jeserich1*, Matthias G. Friedrich2, Manfred Olschewski3, Simone Kimmel4, Daniela Föll1, Christoph Bode1 and Annette Geibel1
1Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2Director, CMR Centre at the Montreal Heart Institute, Hornstein Chair in Cardiovascular Imaging, Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Université de Montréal, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Departments of Cardiac Sciences and Radi, University of Calgary, Canada
3Department of Medical Biometry and Statistics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
4Medical Practice, Cardiology and Angiology, Koenigstr 39, 90402 Nuernberg, Germany
*Corresponding Author: Michael Jeserich, M.D., Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Albert Ludwig University Of Freiburg, Koenigstr. 39, 90402 Nuernberg, Germany, Tel: 0049 911 209 209, Fax: 00 49 911 205 99 62 Email:

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