Fig. 1

Illustrative balanced steady state free precession (bSSFP) cine, native T1, T2, and extracellular volume fraction (ECV) images on left ventricular short-axis views. Images of one healthy subject (top) and one idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) patient at baseline (visit 1) and CMR follow-up (visit 2). Abbreviation: Myo = myocardial, Ske = skeletal, SAX = short-axis; ECV = extracellular volume