Table 2.
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Results
| Acute necrosis | Early scar | Late scar |
p-value |
p-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMR 1-2 | CMR 2-3 | ||||
| Days after MI |
3±1.7 |
125±40 |
436±93 |
|
|
| Infarct Mass (g) |
25±17 |
17±12 |
15±11 |
< 0.0001 |
< 0.0001 |
| Infarct Size (%) |
21±13 |
16±11 |
13±9.5 |
< 0.0001 |
< 0.0001 |
| EF (%) |
42±10 |
46±10 |
46±11 |
< 0.0001 |
0.74 |
| EDV Index (ml/m2) |
79±17 |
82±18 |
82±20 |
0.04 |
0.78 |
| LV Mass (g) | 115±22 | 103±19 | 106±22 | < 0.0001 | 0.16 |
Data presented as mean ± SD. EDV, end-diastolic volume; EF, ejection fraction; LV, left ventricular; MI, myocardial infarction. P-value < 0.002 statistically significant with Bonferroni correction (22 comparisons).