While an enormous number of studies have documented pathological alterations of the
myocardial native longitudinal relaxation time (T1) and the fraction of the extracellular
myocardial volume (ECV), it has also become clear that continuously evolving T1 mapping
sequence, acquisition and evaluation techniques have a substantial impact on quantitative
results, making the translation of reported findings into routine clinical use particularly
challenging. To provide a basis for the discussion of pathological myocardial T1 and ECV …