Myocardial Extracellular Volume Fraction and Change in Hematocrit Level: MR Evaluation by Using T1 Mapping in an Experimental Model of Anemia

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 288; no. 1; pp. 93 - 98
• Main Authors: Kim, Pan Ki, Hong, Yoo Jin, Sakuma, Hajime, Chawla, Ashish, Park, Jeffrey Kihyun, Park, Chul Hwan, Hong, Donghyun, Han, Kyunghwa, Lee, Ji Yeon, Hur, Jin, Lee, Hye-Jeong, Kim, Young Jin, Suh, Young Joo, Choi, Byoung Wook
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Anemia - diagnostic imaging; Anemia - pathology; Animals; Contrast Media; Disease Models, Animal; Heart - diagnostic imaging; Hematocrit - statistics & numerical data; Image Enhancement - methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Myocardium - pathology; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reproducibility of Results

Purpose To evaluate the effect of changes in hematocrit level on myocardial extracellular volume (ECV) fraction, as quantified with cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in an animal model. Materials and Methods Thirteen adult male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent cardiac MR imaging before and after...