Abstract #3613

Myocardial tissue characterization by T2 mapping in thalassemia major

Antonella Meloni¹, Nicola Martini¹, Rita Laura Borrello², Vincenzo Positano¹, Laura Pistoia¹, Calogera Gerardi³, Mauro Murgia⁴, Valentina Carrai⁵, Monica Benni⁶, Sara Gentili⁷, Roberto Pedrinelli², and Alessia Pepe¹

¹MRI Unit, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Pisa, Italy, ²Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³Presidio Ospedaliero "Giovanni Paolo II" - Distretto AG2 di Sciacca, Sciacca (AG), Italy, ⁴Ospedale San Martino di Oristano, Oristano, Italy, ⁵Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy, ⁶Policlinico S. Orsola "L. e A. Seragnoli", Bologna, Italy, ⁷Ospedale "San Donato", Arezzo, Italy

The T2 mapping does not offer any advantage over the T2* technique in terms of sensitivity for myocardial iron overload assessment. However, more than half of patients with thalassemia major had an increased T2 value, that may be caused by the presence of myocardial inflammation and/or edema.

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