Myocardial native T1 and extracellular volume fraction (ECV) mapping have emerged as
cardiac magnetic resonance biomarkers providing unique insight into cardiac …

Background The presence of myocardial late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) indicates
myocyte necrosis, and assists with the diagnosis of acute myocarditis (AM). Cardiac …

Purpose To quantify the tissue sodium concentration (TSC) in cardiac 23Na MRI. To
evaluate the influence of different correction methods on the measured myocardial TSC …

Background Several imaging parameters and biomarkers provide diagnostic and prognostic
information for wild‐type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. However, the relevance of …

Methods Healthy EA and PA adults (45-65 yr) completed a standardized 3-T CMR protocol
with ventricular volumetry, LV LGE, and T1 mapping. Results Seventy-two EA and 20 PA …

The potential association between endurance exercise and myocardial fibrosis is
controversial. Data on exercise exposure and diffuse myocardial fibrosis in endurance …

Purpose The purpose of this prospective study was to assess the value of biventricular
extracellular volume (ECV) in pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) obtained using …

Background Myocardial native T1 and T2 relaxation time mapping are sensitive to
pathological increase of myocardial water content (eg myocardial edema). However, the …

Background Although tafamidis treatment improves prognosis in patients with wild‐type
transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, an optimal surrogate marker monitoring its …

Purpose To develop a non-invasive auxiliary assessment method based on CT-derived
extracellular volume (ECV) to predict the pathological grading (PG) of hepatocellular …