. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 Aug 10;5(5):573–579. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.974972

Table 2.

Image quality of 101 patients with successful CMRA

	No. of Segments ≥1.5 mm On QCA	No. of Assessable Segments on CMRA	Causes of Nonassessibility			Image Quality of CMRA
	No. of Segments ≥1.5 mm On QCA	No. of Assessable Segments on CMRA	Poor opacification	Motion artifacts	Small caliber	Image Quality of CMRA
LM	101	101(100%)	0	0	0	3.4 ± 0.5
LAD
Proximal	101	97(96%)	3	1	0	3.3 ± 0.7
Mid	98	93(95%)	3	2	0	3.3 ± 0.8
Distal	84	74(88%)	3	5	2	3.1 ± 1.0
Diagonal branches	116	100(86%)	7	4	5	3.1 ± 1.0
LCX
Proximal	100	97(97%)	1	2	0	3.3 ± 0.7
Distal	79	74(94%)	2	2	1	3.2 ± 0.8
Marginal branches	111	99(89%)	4	5	3	2.9 ± 1.0
RCA
Proximal	101	101 (100%)	0	0	0	3.4 ± 0.5
Mid	101	101 (100%)	0	0	0	3.4 ± 0.5
Distal	94	91(97%)	2	1	0	3.3 ± 0.7
PDA/PL	95	76(80%)	8	7	4	2.8 ± 1.1
Total	1181	1104(94%)	33	29	15	3.2 ± 0.8

Data are expressed as means ± SD. QCA = quantitative coronary angiography; LAD = left anterior descending coronary artery; LCX = left circumflex coronary artery; LM = left main coronary artery; RCA = right coronary artery; pro = proximal; mid = middle; dis = distal.