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Title : Cardiac MRI T1 mapping and extracellular volume application in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Abstract
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a powerful diagnostic tool for the evaluation of cardiac diseases. Among the tissue properties that are quantifiable by CMR is the noninvasive assessment of myocardial fibrosis through the use of Gd-based contrast agents. In the setting of myocardial scar due to infarction, the inversion-recovery cardiac MR technique allows visual identification of the extent of myocardial scar compared with normal myocardium. In the setting of less severe or more diffuse fibrosis, the inversion-recovery cardiac MR technique is unlikely to reveal the presence of diffusely abnormal tissue given the lack of normal myocardium as a reference. Direct measurement of myocardial T1 time (2T1 mapping3) may improve on these methodologic problems of LGE