Table 3.

CMR findings in subjects with CSS, WG and controls

CMR parameters	CSS (n = 11) / WG (n = 10)	p	All (n = 21) / Controls (n = 21)	p
LVEF [%]	68.0 ± 6.1 / 66.0 ± 5.0	0.89	66.2 ± 5.8 / 63.4 ± 3.4	0.13
LVEDV index [ml/m2]	66.1 ± 4.0 / 66.1 ± 8.5	0.99	66.1 ± 6.6 / 69.9 ± 8.2	0.15
LV mass index [g/m2]	56.9 ± 7.8 / 65.5 ± 8.6	0.02	61.0 ± 8.9 / 49.7 ± 7.8	<0.001
RVEF [%]	63.7 ± 3.7 / 58.9 ± 6.3	0.05	61.4 ± 5.7 / 60.3 ± 7.1	0.60
RVEDV index [ml/m2]	68.0 ± 6.9 / 69.6 ± 9.0	0.65	68.8 ± 7.8 / 71.9 ± 8.3	0.28
RV mass index [g/m2]	17.8 ± 3.2 / 16.7 ± 1.9	0.36	17.3 ± 2.5 / 17.6 ± 2.2	0.68
Myocardial SI-T2 ratio at mid LV level	1.2 ± 0.2 / 1.3 ± 0.2	0.33	1.3 ± 0.2 / 1.2 ± 0.3	0.37
Myocardial EGE ratio at mid LV level	2.2 ± 0.8 / 2.3 ± 0.3	0.71	2.2 ± 0.6 / 2.2 ± 0.9	0.88
Pericardial effusion	2 / 2	>0.99	4 / 0	0.11
Localized pericardial thickening	2 / 4	0.36	6 / 0	0.02
Decreased εps ≥2 LV segments	9 / 8	>0.99	17 / 0	<0.001
Decreased εps: total (mean) LV segment number	66 (6.0 ± 3.4) / 70 (7.0 ± 3.9)	>0.99 (0.53)	136 (6.5 ± 3.6) / 4 (0.2 ± 0.4)	<0.001 (< 0.001)
Decreased ε ps
Longitudinally: total (mean) LV segment number	49 (4.5 ± 2.8) / 32 (3.2 ± 2.3)	0.12 (0.28)	81 (3.9 ± 2.6) / 2 (0.1 ± 0.3)	<0.001 (<0.001)
Circumferentially: total (mean) LV segment number	12 (1.6 ± 1.7) / 24 (2.4 ± 1.6)	0.06 (0.32)	36 (2.0 ± 1.7) / 2 (0.1 ± 0.3)	<0.001 (<0.001)
Radially: total (mean) LV segment number	18 (1.1 ± 1.1) / 29 (2.9 ± 1.7)	0.05 (0.01)	47 (2.0 ± 1.7) / 2 (0.1 ± 0.3)	<0.001 (<0.001)
LVLGE: present (segment number)	9 (2.2 ± 1.7) / 8 (2.5 ± 2.3)	0.64 (0.72)	17 (2.3 ± 2.0) / 0 (0.0 ± 0.0)	<0.001 (<0.001)
LVLGE: subendocardial/midwall/subepicardial	3/5/4 / 3/5/4	>0.99	6/10/8 / 0/0/0	<0.001
RVLGE: present (segment number)	4 (0.8 ± 1.0) / 3 (0.6 ± 1.1)	>0.99 (0.80)	7 (0.7 ± 1.2) / 0 (0.0 ± 0.0)	0.009 (0.01)