Reduction of relative resting myocardial blood flow is related to myocardial delayed enhancement, T2-signal abnormalities, left-ventricular wall thickness and age in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

From: 15th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions Orlando, FL, USA 2-5 February 2012 Author details1-Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, GermanyEMPTY2-Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAEMPTY3-Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAEMPTY4-Institute for Biometry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, GermanyEMPTY5-Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USAEMPTY6-Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USAEMPTY7-National Institutes of Health, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USAEMPTY Supplemental Information: The purpose of this study was to quantify the distribution of resting left ventricular (LV) myocardial blood flow (MBF) by MRI and to determine its relationship to important parameters of disease such as LV wall thickness, myocardial delayed enhancement (MDE), T2-signal abnormalities, LV outflow tract obstruction and age.