A preliminary study of MR T 1 mapping for detection of left ventricular myocardial fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Objective To investigate the diagnostic values of T1mapping imaging for evaluating myocardial fibrosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) .Methods Forty-eight subjects with HCM and 18 healthy volunteers underwent conventional late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) MR imaging and T1mapping imaging.