Sexes and ages are known factors that contribute to cardiovascular pathophysiological variances and prognosis. This study used in-vivo cardiac diffusion tensor MRI (DT-MRI) to characterize how myocardial microstructure differs across sexes and ages. To that purpose, thirty healthy volunteers (14 female) were imaged with in-vivo cardiac DT-MRI and common DT-MRI parameters (MD, FA, HAT, E2A) were computed within the left ventricle (LV). No significant sex-related differences (11%, 9%, 3%, 9% respectively for MD, FA, HAT, E2A at septal regions) or age-related correlations were found. Taken together, sex and age had no effects on the quantification of in-vivo cardiac DT-MRI parameters.
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