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. 2022 Jul 21;24:44. doi: 10.1186/s12968-022-00873-1

Table 4.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Sequence Imaging plane Indication
Standard imaging
 Cine bSSFP Short-axis stack

LV volumes, mass, and EF

RV volumes, mass, and EF

LV 2-chamber view

LV 4-chamber view

LV 3-chamber view (LVOT view) LVOT obstruction and presence of systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve chordae and leaflets
 Late gadolinium enhancement

Short-axis stack

LV long-axis views

RV-specific views

Extent of LGE via summation of short axis slices for calculation of percent myocardium with LGE; 2- and 4-chamber images for correlative data to rule out artifact
Additional case-specific or comprehensive imaging
 T1-weighted imaging pre- and post-gadolinium

Short-axis stack

LV long-axis views

Diffuse fibrosis

Extracellular volume

 Tagged images (SPAMM or C-SPAMM) or feature tracking Short-axis, LV long-axis Myocardial deformation

C-SPAMM Complementary spatial modulation of magnetization, EF ejection fraction, LGE late gadolinium enhancement, LV left ventricular, RV right ventricular, SPAMM spatial modulation of magnetization, bSSFP balanced steady state free precession