Abstract #0184
Noninvasive assessment of myocardial fibrosis using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) T1rho-mapping techniques in End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) hemodialysis patients
Lin Wang 1 , Shijun Zhang 1 , Yixiang Wang 2 , and Shenghong Ju 1
1
Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Nanjing,
Jiangsu, China,
2
Prince
of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, China
Autopsy studies demontstrated that the typical
pathologic characteristic of the myocardium of End-Stage
Renal Disease (ESRD) hemodialysis patients was left
ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and diffused collagen and
fibrosis deposition in extracellular matrix. Due to the
contraindication of the contrast medium of this kind of
patients, the myocardial fibrosis is hardly evaluated
with current modalities. The purpose of this study was
to determine whether T1rho imaging can be used as a
noninvasive method with no contrast enhancement to
detect myocardial fibrosis in ESRD maintained on
hemodialysis patients.
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