Abstract #3754

Multi-Centre Validation of the Magnetic Resonance T2* Technique for Segmental and Global Quantification of Myocardial Iron

Vincenzo Positano¹, Anna Ramazzotti¹, Alessia Pepe¹, Giuseppe Rossi¹, Cristina Salvatori², Antonella Meloni¹, Daniele De Marchi¹, Brunella Favilli¹, Luigi Natale³, Eliana Cracolici⁴, Gennaro Restaino⁵, Gianluca Valeri⁶, Antongiulio Luciani⁷, Luigi Landini¹, Massimo Lombardi¹

¹MRI Laboratory, "G Monasterio" Foundation and Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy; ²MRI Laboratory, "G Monasterio" Foundation and Institute of Clinical Physiology, Italy; ³Policlinico Gemelli, Roma, Italy; ⁴Policlinico "P. Giaccone", Palermo, Italy; ⁵Universit Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Campobasso, Italy; ⁶Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy; ⁷Az. Ospedaliera "G. Garibaldi", Catania, Italy

The transferability of the MRI multislice multiecho T2* technique accounting for segmental and global myocardial iron distribution was assessed among six sites