Research Article

Assessment of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance T1 Mapping: Correlation with Left-Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction and Diabetic Duration

Table 4

Left-ventricular myocardial T1 value and extracellular volume in controls and DbCM patients.

Controls
(A, )
<5 years
(B, )
5–10 years
(C, )
>10 years
(D, )
value

Native myocardial T1 value, ms1212.8 ± 41.41191.9 ± 71.01209.7 ± 43.11244.1 ± 46.10.086
Postcontrast myocardial T1 value, ms528.9 ± 38.9527.8 ± 56.7515.5 ± 44.6512.2 ± 30.30.596
Extracellular volume fraction, %27.1 ± 2.428.3 ± 2.330.9 ± 2.132.2 ± 3.1≤0.001