Table 2.
Comparison of cardiac findings in postmortem MRI and at autopsy
| No | R1 | R2 | Age stage (autopsy) | Age stage (MRI) | T2 MRI (central zone) | T2 MRI (surrounding zone) | T1 MRI (central zone) | T1 MRI (surrounding zone) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TP | TP | Peracute* | Peracute | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 2 | TP | TP | Peracute | Peracute | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ↑ |
| 3 | FN | FN | Peracute* | Peracute | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 4 | FN | FN | Peracute* | Peracute | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 5 | FN | FN | Peracute | Peracute | ↓ | ↔ | ↑ | ↑ |
| 6 | FN | FN | Peracute | n.d | n.d | n.d | n.d | n.d |
| 7 | FN | FN | Peracute* | n.d | n.d | n.d | n.d | n.d |
| 8 | TP | TP | Acute | Peracute | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 9 | FN | FN | Acute | Peracute | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 10 | FN | FN | Acute | Peracute | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 11 | FN | FN | Acute* | Peracute | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 12 | TP | TP | Acute* | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 13 | TP | TP | Acute | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 14 | TP | FN | Acute | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 15 | TP | TP | Acute | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↔ |
| 16 | TP | TP | Acute | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 17 | TP | TP | Acute* | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 18 | TP | TP | Acute | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↔ |
| 19 | TP | TP | Acute | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↔ |
| 20 | TP | TP | Acute* | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↓ | ↔ |
| 21 | FN | FN | Acute | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 22 | FN | FN | Acute | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 23 | FN | FN | Acute | Acute | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↔ |
| 24 | FN | TP | Acute* | Subacute | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 25 | TP | FN | Acute* | Subacute | ↑ | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 26 | TP | TP | Acute | Subacute | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 27 | TP | TP | Acute | Subacute | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 28 | TP | TP | Acute | Subacute | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 29 | TP | TP | Acute | Subacute | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 30 | FN | FN | Acute* | Subacute | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 31 | FN | FN | Acute | Subacute | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 32 | FN | FN | Acute | Subacute | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 33 | TP | TP | Chronic | Chronic | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ |
| 34 | FN | TP | Chronic | Chronic | ↓ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ |
R1 rater 1, R2 rater 2, TP true positive, FN false negative, n.d. not detected, ↓ hypointense, ↔ isointense, ↑ hyperintense, *additional histological examination