Michael Salerno1, 2, Christopher M. Kramer3, 4
1Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va, United States; 2Radiology, Univeristy of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; 3Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; 4Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Univeristy of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Cardiac Amyloidosis is characterized by extracellular deposition of amyloid protein within the myocardium. We use T1 mapping techniques to demonstrate an increase in the volume of distribution and partition coefficient of gadolinium in patients with cardiac amyloidosis as compared to normal volunteers.