Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Steven Moffatt

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• Research Article
  Cardiac Enlargement in US Firefighters: Prevalence Estimates by Echocardiography, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Autopsies
  Author(s): Maria Korre, Konstantina Sampani, Luiz Guilherme G Porto, Andrea Farioli, Yustin Yang, David C Christiani, Costas A Christophi, David A Lombardi, Richard J Kovacs, Ronald Mastouri, Siddique Abbasi, Michael Steigner, Steven Moffatt, Denise L Smith and Stefanos N Kales* Maria Korre, Konstantina Sampani, Luiz Guilherme G Porto, Andrea Farioli, Yustin Yang, David C Christiani, Costas A Christophi, David A Lombardi, Richard J Kovacs, Ronald Mastouri, Siddique Abbasi, Michael Steigner, Steven Moffatt, Denise L Smith and Stefanos N Kales*
  
  Background: Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) accounts for 45% of on-duty deaths in US fire service; cardiac enlargement is common among US firefighters; and plays a major role in firefighter Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD). Objective: To estimate the prevalence of cardiac enlargement in US Firefighters by autopsies, echocardiography (ECHO) and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR). Methods: In the present cross-sectional study, the prevalence of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)/ cardiomegaly was a) estimated non-invasively among active career firefighters and b) examined by reviewing autopsies of firefighters who suffered a non-cardiac, on-duty fatality. Left ventricular mass (LVM) among active career firefighters was assessed by ECHO and CMR, and normalized (indexed) for body surface area (BSA) and height. Autopsy estimates were based on cardiac weights a.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000459

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