Published in:
Open Access
01-12-2012 | Oral presentation
Novel magnetic resonance imaging marker of diffuse myocardial fibrosis in hypertensive heart disease: the role of transcytolemmal water-exchange
Authors:
Otavio R Coelho-Filho, Richard N Mitchell, Heitor Moreno, Raymond Kwong, Michael Jerosch-Herold
Published in:
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
|
Special Issue 1/2012
Login to get access
Excerpt
Transcytolemal water exchange and its effect on myocardial T1 relaxation can, if neglected, lead to a significant underestimate of the myocardial extracellular volume fraction, a novel marker of diffuse fibrosis. …