{"title":"Cardiac ECV mapping: Underlying concepts and clinical applications","authors":"Guo-Jun Zhu , Simran Qureshi , Ward Hedges , Chong-Wen Wu , Lian-Ming Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.metrad.2025.100168","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Myocardial Extracellular volume fraction (ECV) mapping, based on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), is a crucial technique for assessing myocardial histological changes by evaluating extracellular matrix expansion. In recent years, cardiac ECV mapping has gained significant attention in both basic research and clinical settings, particularly for its role in myocardial fibrosis and other cardiovascular diseases. This review explores the measurement of ECV mapping, its diagnostic and prognostic value in ischemic and non-ischemic cardiovascular diseases, and emerging advancements in ECV mapping techniques.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100921,"journal":{"name":"Meta-Radiology","volume":"3 3","pages":"Article 100168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Meta-Radiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950162825000360","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Myocardial Extracellular volume fraction (ECV) mapping, based on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), is a crucial technique for assessing myocardial histological changes by evaluating extracellular matrix expansion. In recent years, cardiac ECV mapping has gained significant attention in both basic research and clinical settings, particularly for its role in myocardial fibrosis and other cardiovascular diseases. This review explores the measurement of ECV mapping, its diagnostic and prognostic value in ischemic and non-ischemic cardiovascular diseases, and emerging advancements in ECV mapping techniques.