Potential value of T1 mapping in dilated cardiomyopathy and correlation with circumferential strain

Background The contribution of fibrogenesis to impaired cardiac function is increasingly recognized. Molli sequence is a new tool in clinical practice allowing cardiac interstitial fibrosis quantification using MRI and might bring new information comparing to delayed myocardial enhancement. The goal of this work was to assess the potential value of segmental quantification of myocardial fibrosis using T1 mapping in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in comparison to late contrast enhancement imaging and circumferential strain