Normal Left Ventricular Myocardial Thickness for Middle-Aged and Older Subjects With Steady-State Free Precession Cardiac Magnetic Resonance The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

• Published in: Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 500 - 508
• Main Authors: Kawel, Nadine, Turkbey, Evrim B., Carr, J. Jeffrey, Eng, John, Gomes, Antoinette S., Hundley, W. Gregory, Johnson, Craig, Masri, Sofia C., Prince, Martin R., van der Geest, Rob J., Lima, João A.C., Bluemke, David A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.07.2012
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research); Atherosclerosis - pathology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques - methods; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular system; Contrast Media; Female; Gadolinium DTPA; Heart Ventricles - anatomy & histology; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Investigative techniques of hemodynamics; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Longitudinal Studies; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine - methods; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Reference Values; Sex Factors; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology; Heart; magnetic resonance imaging; Demography; Variations; Cardiovascular disease; Standard; Image; Epidemiology; Result; Vascular disease; Cavity; Heart disease; Cohort study; Atherosclerosis; Female; Woman; Left ventricle performance; myocardial thickness; Axis; Human; Reference; Magnetic resonance; Method; Wall thickness; Normal; Acquisition; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Steady state; Ethnic group; Standards; Left ventricle; Stroke volume; normal values; Myocardium; End; Hemodynamics; Technique

Increased left ventricular myocardial thickness (LVMT) is a feature of several cardiac diseases. The purpose of this study was to establish standard reference values of normal LVMT with cardiac magnetic resonance and to assess variation with image acquisition plane, demographics, and left ventricula...