Is diffuse ventricular fibrosis a late outcome of tachycardia-mediated cardiomyopathy after successful ablation?
Tachycardia-mediated cardiomyopathy patients exhibit differences in LV structure and function including diffuse fibrosis long after arrhythmia cure, indicating that recovery is incomplete.
Mammography immediately after core biopsy is not necessary for the diagnosis of procedure-related hematoma and is inferior to specimen radiography for verifying that calcifications have been sampled. Postprocedural mammograms also may be suboptimal for the establishment of a new baseline because of the frequent finding of hematoma.