Measurement of extracellular volume frac
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Daniel C Lee; Roberto Sarnari; Alejandro Aquino; Maria M Izquierdo-Gomez; Brando
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Article
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2012
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BioMed Central
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English
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We measured extracellular volume fraction (Ve) from pre-and post-contrast T1 maps of the left ventricle in 13 patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and 13 agematched controls. SSc patients and controls were similar with regard to LV and RV mass, volumes, and function. However, Ve was significantly