Fig. 1
Representative mid-ventricular short axis slice from the presented patient displaying native T1-mapping technique (a), T2-mapping technique (b), and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) images (c). The upper row visualizes the baseline exam. In contrast to the mapping techniques (a & b), which show increased values with preponderance in the inferoseptal wall in comparison to normal values (native T1: 1068 ± 73 ms in the entire slice vs. 1122 ± 31 ms in the inferoseptal wall; T2: entire slice 52 ± 6 ms, inferoseptal wall 55 ± 6 ms) no specific LGE could be detected in the inferoseptal wall (see arrows). In the bottom row, follow up images in the identical mid-ventricular short axis can be viewed. Note the signal decrease in the mapping images at follow up (d & e) especially in the inferoseptal wall (arrows) suggesting a dynamic process (native T1: 957 ± 58 ms in the entire slice vs. 971 ± 36 ms in the inferoseptal wall; T2: entire slice 44 ± 5 ms, inferoseptal wall 45 ± 3 ms), whereas the LGE image (f) turned out to be still negative