Population
17 subjects with chronic myocardial infarction
Design
Other
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T1 bias from intramyocardial fat warrants caution in bSSFP mapping of chronic MI; leaves open the accuracy of uncorrected sequences for clinical and research use.
Myocardial T1 mapping using balanced steady state free precession is subject to significant bias when intramyocardial fat is present, which can lead to erroneous interpretation in conditions like chronic myocardial infarction.
Kellman et al. (2015) studied this question.
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