Abstract #1127

Measurement of Extracellular Volume Fraction by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detects Diffuse Myocardial Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Aya Kino¹, Darshit Thakrar, Rahul Rustogi, Brandon Benefield², Jeremy D. Collins, Daniel Lee, Lubna Choudhury³, James C. Carr

¹Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States; ²Medicine Cardiology Division, Northwestern; ³Medicine Cardiology Division, Northwestern University

The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the HCM patient present higher myocardial extravascular extracellular volume fraction in scar/ fibrosis areas obtained by using a single-shot modified Look Locker inversion recovery sequence (MOLLI) with balanced SSFP MR Sequence.