SICKLE CELL ASSOCIATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: UTILITY OF T2 WEIGHTED CARDIAC MRI

Cardiomyopathy (CM) is the leading cause of death in sickle-cell-disease (SCD) patients. Use of T2*-weighted cardiac MRI has both diagnostic and therapeutic implications in identifying the etiology of the CM in these patients. A 42 year-old-male with history of SCD presented with acute