The Role of Advanced New MRI Parameters in Cardiomyopathies

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Radiodiagnosis, Cairo University, Egypt

2 Radiodiagnosis, Beni-Suef University, Egypt

3 M.B.B.Ch., Diploma degree, Beni-Suef University, Egypt

Abstract

Background: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has made major inroads in the new millennium in diagnosing and assessing the prognosis for patients with cardiomyopathies. Aim: The study aimed to demonstrate MRI characteristics of different types of cardiomyopathies by using MRI parameters of myocardial tissue characterization (T1 mapping & ECV) and strain analysis. Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted on a total of 130 cases with free distribution from men, women and children at Aswan Heart Center from January 2021 to January 2023.  Echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis of cardiomyopathy in one hundred of them. We grouped them as 30 patients in the DCM group, 27 patients in the ICM group, 31 patients in the HCM group, and 12 patients from other types (RCM, ARVD, and LVNC). The other thirty people represented controls (A part from health volunteer program at Aswan Heart Center). Results: Statistically significant T1 mapping values at basal inferior, basal inferolateral and mid inferoseptal segments in the ICM group and basal inferior segments in the DCM group. Statistically significant global Circumferential, Radial and Longitudinal strain analysis in the ICM, DCM and Others groups, and only global longitudinal strain analysis in the HCM group.

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Egyptian Journal of Medical Research
Volume 6, Issue 3
July 2025
Pages 225-248

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