Field strength dependence, physiologic correlates, and prognostic significance of ventricular blood pool T2 mapping on cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging☆
Moran Drucker Iarovich, Fadi Ibrahim, Joao Francisco Matos, Nilushi de Silva, William Holden Lowes, Yasbanoo Moayedi, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Tilman Emrich, Akos Varga-Szemes, Kate Hanneman · 2026
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Moran Drucker Iarovich and colleagues study a heart imaging measure called the blood pool T2 ratio in a 2026 paper. Magnetic resonance T2 mapping responds to blood oxygen levels, so comparing values between the right and left ventricles may reveal how well the heart and lungs are working. The team checked how scanner field strength changes the measure and whether it predicts serious cardiac events.
The analysis covered 718 people, most of them patients with cardiomyopathy scanned between 2018 and 2020, plus healthy controls. Ratios ran clearly higher on 1.5 tesla scanners than on 3 tesla machines, so each field strength needs its own cutoff. Lower ratios predicted major cardiac events and matched worse exercise test results. The measure looks promising for risk sorting, provided thresholds stay tied to the scanner used.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Moran Drucker Iarovich, Fadi Ibrahim, Joao Francisco Matos, Nilushi de Silva, William Holden Lowes, Yasbanoo Moayedi, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Tilman Emrich, Akos Varga-Szemes, Kate Hanneman |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |