Diabetes-associated diffuse myocardial fibrosis assessed by native T1 mapping: Adverse cardiac phenotype and modest incremental prognostic value in a real-world cohort.
BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) promotes myocardial remodeling through advanced glycation end-products, interstitial fibrosis, and microvascular dysfunction. We investigated whether native T1 mapping captures this adverse phenotype and provides incremental prognostic information beyond established clinical risk facto...