… This study aimed to test the characteristics of the myocardial extracellular volume fraction
(ECV) derived from pre- and post-contrast T1 measurements among healthy volunteers. …

… 4 and extracellular matrix proteins.5 These … the extracellular matrix environment. Both native
(noncontrast) myocardial T 1 values and contrast-agent derived extracellular volume fraction …

… T1 mapping from cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as a tool for
quantifying myocardial extracellular volume (ECV) fraction, which is a marker of diffuse interstitial …

… Optimal patient characterization in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
is … noninvasively quantify diffuse myocardial fibrosis as extracellular volume fraction (ECV). …

… extracellular volume fraction … aging in men, however recent non-invasive measurements of
ECV using different T1 mapping techniques are inconsistent with respect to the effect of aging …

… association with age and native T1 or ECV may relate to differences in the extracellular or …
in myocyte size, with age leading to a compensatory reduction in the extracellular component. …

… Extracellular volume fraction (ECV) is altered in pathological cardiac remodeling and
predicts death and … The mean age was 16.4 ± 6.4 years and mean left ventricular ejection …

… for differences in baseline covariates of age, gender, body mass … impact of indexed interstitial
and myocardial cell volumes on indexed LAV max , LAV min and LA total emptying fraction, …

… extracellular volume fraction (ECV) based on (i) T1 measures of blood and myocardium before
and after Gd and (ii) the haematocrit. Extracellular … Extracellular volume fraction can non-…

… for possible variability of ECV with age. In our cohort, no correlation of ECV with age was found
(P=… to be validated in larger studies with a normal control cohort and different age groups. …