Table 3.

Infarct Parameters at Different Slice Thickness by MDCT (n=12)

		8mm	4mm	2mm	1mm	p-value
Infarct [%] LV	(%)	17.3 ± 1.1	16.4 ± 1.4	16.0 ± 1.5	14.3 ± 1.8*†	0.025
Total volume	(gram)	7.0 ± 0.6	6.8 ± 0.6	6.8 ± 0.7	5.9 ± 0.8	0.059
Core volume	(gram)	6.4 ± 0.6	6.1 ± 0.6	6.0 ± 0.7	4.8 ± 0.7*‡§	0.001
	(%)	90.8 ± 1.3	89.6 ± 1.6	86.9 ± 2.1	66.5 ± 3.38*‡§	<0.001
PIZ volume	(gram)	0.6 ± 0.1	0.6±0.1	0.8±0.1	1.1±0.2	0.056
	(%)	9.2 ± 1.3	10.4 ± 1.6	13.2 ± 2.3¶	23.3 ± 3.3*‡§	0.001
LVED mass	(gram)	39.2 ± 1.6	39.7 ± 1.8	40.4 ± 1.9	38.9 ± 1.6	0.093

^*p<0.001; compared with 8mm slice thickness

^†p<0.05; compared with 4mm slice thickness

^‡p<0.01; compared with 4mm slice thickness

^§p<0.01; compared with 2mm slice thickness

^¶p<0.05; compared with 8mm slice thickness