Native myocardial longitudinal (T1) relaxation time: Regional, age, and sex associations in the healthy adult heart

• Published in: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 541 - 548
• Main Authors: Rauhalammi, Samuli M.O., Mangion, Kenneth, Barrientos, Pauline Hall, Carrick, David J.A., Clerfond, Guillaume, McClure, John, McComb, Christie, Radjenovic, Aleksandra, Berry, Colin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Age; Aging - pathology; Aging - physiology; Cardiac Imaging Techniques - methods; Female; Gender differences; healthy volunteer; Heart Ventricles - anatomy & histology; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Humans; longitudinal relaxation time; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Middle Aged; myocardium; native T1; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Original Research; Reference Values; Regression analysis; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sex Characteristics; T1 mapping; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology; native T1; longitudinal relaxation time; healthy volunteer; myocardium; T1 mapping

Purpose To use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at two field strengths to assess healthy adults' regional myocardial noncontrast (native) T1 relaxation time distribution, and global myocardial native T1 between sexes and across age groups. Materials and Methods In all, 84 healthy volunteers und...