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From: Quantitative Gadolinium-Free Cardiac Fibrosis Imaging in End Stage Renal Disease Patients Reveals A Longitudinal Correlation with Structural and Functional Decline

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Representative ΔS/So maps from an ESRD patient. (A–H) ΔS/So maps from the left ventricular base towards the apex in a patient with ESRD demonstrate a gradient of elevated ΔS/So across slice positions. Elevated values consistent with dense scar appear in the septal mid-wall at the base of the left ventricle (A–C). At the mid-ventricle (D,E) ΔS/So values are consistent with diffuse fibrosis in the septum and normal tissue in the free wall. Towards the apex (G,H) ΔS/So values are consistent with healthy tissue throughout the myocardium. (I) The corresponding bulls-eye plot illustrates patterns of elevated mean ΔS/So, particularly in septal segments. Global mean ΔS/So was 170% and divergence was 37.0 AU.

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