Background Cardiomyopathy is a myocardial disease, which usually demonstrates improper ventricular morphology, function, or both. It is classified into two classes based on the organ involved. Primary cardiomyopathy is confined mainly to the myocardium and can be genetic, non-genetic, or acquired. Secondary cardiomyopathy is caused by generalized systemic disorder. Myocardial fibrosis produces abnormal myocardial stiffness and increases arrhythmias risk. Native T1-mapping is an innovative technique that provides quantitative assessment of edema, diffuse myocardial fibrosis, and inflammation in a number of disease states. Furthermore native T1 mapping provides a future method for quantifying myocardial fibrosis in advanced chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients without the use of gadolinium-based contrast agents. So our aim is to assess the potential value of segmental quantification of myocardial fibrosis using native T1 mapping in different types of cardiomyopathy in comparison to late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) imaging. Results The native T1 values of a total 1152 segments (16 segments in 72 patients of cardiomyopathy), 192 segments in 12 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), 800 segments in 50 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), 80 segments in 5 patients with infiltrative cardiomyopathy, and 80 segments in 5 patients with non-compaction were assessed. These were compared with 160 segments of 10 healthy volunteers. Native T1 values were significantly higher in most of myocardial segments with LGE than in those without including the control group; non-contrast T1 values in mid LV septal segments were found the most significant (1130.85 ± 79.79 ms vs 1047.74 ± 42.74 ms; P = 0.001). Also the current study showed T1 values were significantly higher than normal even in segments unaffected by LGE (P<0.01) in both HCM and DCM groups. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed the required cutoff value of 1070 ms for detecting myocardial fibrosis with a sensitivity 66% and specificity of 68%. Conclusion Contrast-free T1-mapping is a new technique for detecting myocardial fibrosis objectively with a high diagnostic performance especially in patients who cannot afford gadolinium contrast agents as patients with end-stage renal disease.
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