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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2010 Oct;3:624–631. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.945295

Table 3.

Comparison of Infarct Size and Architecture on DE-MRI

Inducible VT (N=11) Non-Inducible (N=13) p-value
Ejection fraction (MRI), % 27 [22,43]* 43 [40,47]* 0.09
Infarct % DE-MRI 35 [28,49]* 9 [7,12]* 0.002
Endocardial Infarct Area (cm2) DE- MRI 43 [38,62]* 8 [4,11]* 0.002
Infarct volume (cm3) 36 [26,42]* 5.6 [3.6,8.0]* 0.002
Endocardial scar area DE-MRI (%) 19 [15,22]* 4.9 [3.0,5.0]* 0.002
Peri-infarct zone % of scar 43 [34,52]* 40[36,56]* 0.38
Peri-infarct zone % of myocardial volume 6.2 [4.8,7.1]* 2.6[2.15.6]* 0.01

obtained by Wilcoxon rank sum. DE-MRI= delayed enhanced magnetic resonance imaging,

*

median [25th, 75th percentile].