Cardiopulmonary complications are the leading cause of mortality in sickle cell anemia
(SCA). Elevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity, pulmonary hypertension, diastolic, and …

The myocardial interstitial or extracellular space exists as a complex and dynamic
environment, vital for normal cardiac structure and function. The physiological pathways for …

Background—The concentration of gadopentetate dimeglumine in myocardium and blood
can be assessed from T1 measurements and can be used to calculate the extracellular …

OBJECTIVE. The aim of this study was to identify diffuse myocardial fibrosis secondary to
chronic aortic regurgitation by comparing the T1 relaxation times of left ventricular …

Introduction This study evaluated the ability of T1 and T2 mapping cardiovascular magnetic
resonance (CMR) to detect myocardial injury in apparently normal myocardium of patients …

Purpose To determine the mechanism of enhancement of contrast‐enhanced MRI (ceMRI)
in chronic ischemic myocardium. While ceMRI can identify scar tissue in chronic ischemic …

Importance There is a growing interest in understanding whether cardiovascular magnetic
resonance (CMR) myocardial tissue characterization helps identify risk of cancer therapy …

Myocardial fibrosis is always present in end-stage heart failure and is a major independent
predictor of adverse cardiac outcome. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is an imaging …

Purpose To propose and evaluate a novel nonrigid image registration approach for
improved myocardial T1 mapping. Methods Myocardial motion is estimated as global affine …

While an enormous number of studies have documented pathological alterations of the
myocardial native longitudinal relaxation time (T1) and the fraction of the extracellular …