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Quantitative T1 mapping and the fibrotic index in normal healthy volunteers; relationship to aging and cardiac dimensions

✍ Scribed by Tomas G Neilan; Eri Watanabe; Otavio R Coelho-Filho; Ravi Shah; Yucheng Chen; Bobby Heydari; Ron Blankstein; Raymond Kwong; Michael Jerosch-Herold

Book ID: 104499151
Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 177 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6647
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-o83

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✦ Synopsis

We aimed to publish normal data for the fibrotic index in a group of healthy volunteers. In healthy volunteers, the fibrotic index has acceptable test characteristics, has a range from 0.23 to 0.33, and is associated with age, LA volume and LV mass.