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Evaluation of diffuse myocardial fibrosis using contrast-enhanced look-locker cardiac MRI and its relation with cardiac function in dilated cardiomyopathy: comparison between 1.5T and 3T

✍ Scribed by Masaki Tachi; Yasuo Amano; Shinichiro Kumita

Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 298 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6647
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-p152

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✦ Synopsis

The purpose of this study was to evaluate diffuse myocardial fibrosis by measuring myocardial and blood T1values using contrast-enhanced Look-Locker cardiac MRI and comparing these values with left cardiac function in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). We also sought to assess the relation between the diffuse myocardial fibrosis and cardiac function on 1.5T and 3.0T.