Background Myocardial fibrosis (MF) in noninfarcted myocardium may be an interstitial
disease pathway that confers vulnerability to hospitalization for heart failure, death, or both …

Objective To measure and assess the significance of myocardial extracellular volume (ECV),
determined non-invasively by equilibrium contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance, as a …

Background: Aortic stenosis is accompanied by progressive left ventricular hypertrophy and
fibrosis. We investigated the natural history of these processes in asymptomatic patients and …

Background: Prior studies have shown that late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) by cardiac
magnetic resonance (CMR) can detect focal fibrosis in aortic stenosis (AS), suggesting that it …

Aim Myocardial fibrosis is fundamental in the pathogenesis of heart failure. Late gadolinium
enhancement (LGE) with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is commonly …

The role of right ventricular (RV) fibrosis in pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains a subject
of ongoing discussion. Alterations of the collagen network of the extracellular matrix may …

Background—Cardiac remodeling occurs in response to regular athletic training, and the
degree of remodeling is associated with fitness. Understanding the myocardial structural …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of the contrast “bolus only”
T1 mapping cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) technique for measuring myocardial …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate diffuse myocardial fibrosis in
patients with systolic heart failure (SHF) and in patients with heart failure with preserved …

While cardiovascular magnetic resonance (MR) has become the noninvasive tool of choice
for the assessment of myocardial viability and for the detection of acute myocardial edema …