Table 3.
Significant correlations of Systolic and Diastolic Parameters with cardiac and hepatic T2* and R2* in patients with chronic transfusion
r vs. | ||||
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Parameter | Log cardiac T2* |
Cardiac R2 | Log hepatic T2* | Hepatic R2* |
LV twist φ | 0.64¶ | -0.59¶ | 0.09 | -0.17 |
LV EF | 0.44¶ | -0.45¶ | 0.33 | -0.36 |
End-systolic Err | 0.58¶ | -0.64¶ | 0.09 | -0.18 |
Peak systolic twist rate | 0.50¶ | -0.49¶ | 0.10 | -0.21 |
Peak diastolic untwist rate | -0.53¶ | 0.49¶ | -0.50¶ | 0.39 |
LV: Left ventricular, EF: Ejection fraction, Err: Eulerian radial Thickening
¶p < 0.05