From: Diffuse myocardial fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be identified by cardiovascular magnetic resonance, and is associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction
HCM (n=51)
Control (n=25)
p value
Post-contrast T1 time, ms
LV myocardium, excluding LGE
498 ± 80
561 ± 47
<0.0001
LV myocardium, including LGE
483 ± 85
LV blood pool
304 ± 31
306 ± 22
0.8