Abstract #1364

Detection of Focal Inflammation on Myocardial Disorder using T2 Contrast Agent-Based MRI: Comparison to Late-Enhanced MRI with T1 Contrast Agent

Hyeyoung Moon^1,2, Hyo Eun Park³, Jongeun Kang^1,4, Hee-Seok Kwon⁵, Kiyuk Chang³, Kwan Soo Hong^1,4

¹MR Research, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongwon, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Korea, Republic of; ²University of Science & Technology, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of; ³Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of; ⁴Graduate School of Analytical science & Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of; ⁵Division of Electron Microscopic Research, Korea Basic Science Institute

In this study, we investigated whether T2 contrast agent-combined CMR (cardiac magnetic resonance) imaging would be feasible and effective for the detection of the inflammation in a rat model of experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM) in comparison between T2 and T1 contrast agents, and whether T2 contrast agent-combined CMR imaging could give a guidance where the biopsy samples should be collected.