Skip to main content

Table 5 Typical alterations of T1, T2, T2* relaxation times and ECV according to pathology. For further details see Captur et al. [194]

From: Clinical recommendations for cardiovascular magnetic resonance mapping of T1, T2, T2* and extracellular volume: A consensus statement by the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) endorsed by the European Association for Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)

Measure

Decrease

Mild increase

Moderate or severe increase

Native T1

Anderson-Fabry, iron overload, fat, hemorrhage (athlete’s heart)

diffuse fibrosis, scar, subacute inflammation

amyloid, acute inflammation, acute ischemia, necrosis

ECV

athlete’s heart

diffuse fibrosis

amyloid, necrosis, scar

T2

iron, hemorrhage

subacute inflammation

acute inflammation, acute ischemia, necrosis

T2*

iron, hemorrhage, stress-induced ischemia

 Â