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Cardiac MR elastography for quantitative assessment of elevated myocardial stiffness in cardiac amyloidosis

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To evaluate if cardiac magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) can measure increased stiffness in patients with cardiac amyloidosis. Myocardial tissue stiffness plays an important role in cardiac function. A noninvasive quantitative… Click to show full abstract

To evaluate if cardiac magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) can measure increased stiffness in patients with cardiac amyloidosis. Myocardial tissue stiffness plays an important role in cardiac function. A noninvasive quantitative imaging technique capable of measuring myocardial stiffness could aid in disease diagnosis, therapy monitoring, and disease prognostic strategies. We recently developed a high‐frequency cardiac MRE technique capable of making noninvasive stiffness measurements.

Keywords: cardiac amyloidosis; cardiac elastography; myocardial stiffness; stiffness

Journal Title: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Year Published: 2017

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