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. 2011 Apr 26;13(1):23. doi: 10.1186/1532-429X-13-23

Table 3.

Significant correlations of Systolic and Diastolic Parameters with cardiac and hepatic T2* and R2* in patients with chronic transfusion

r vs.
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