. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Feb 3;29(5):1069–1076. doi: 10.1007/s10554-013-0187-9

Table 3.

Comparisons between "successful" cases and "unsuccessful" cases

Case groups	Successful (N = 149)	Unsuccessful (N = 81)	Significance (P)
Male (percentage)	106 (70)	58 (74)	0.817
Age (years)	73.1 ± 4.7	72.2 ± 4.4	0.130
Body weight (Kg)	77.6 ± 14.0	87.2 ± 13.8	< 0.001
BMI	26.4 ± 4.6	28.8 ± 3.9	< 0.001
Heart Rate (beats/minutes)	60.2 ± 5.5	60.5 ± 6.6	0.719
Rest period (msec)	185 ± 49	175 ± 47	0.023
Respiratory frequency (breaths/minute)	16.2 ± 2.2	16.3 ± 2.1	0.907
Diaphragm Excursion (mm)	14.8 ± 6.8	14.6 ± 6.6	0.867
DM (percentage)	33 (22)	16 (20)	0.672
HTN (percentage)	88 (59)	40 (49)	0.158