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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Mar 21;29(5):1085–1094. doi: 10.1007/s10554-013-0192-z

Table 5.

Image quality results of both contrast agents: Gadofosveset trisodium vs Gadobenate Dimeglumine

Wilcoxon Test
 Mean Image Quality
Arterial Gadofosveset Gadobenate
Reader 1 Reader 2 p-value
segments trisodium Dimeglumine
LMS 0.16 0.13 3.0 ± 0.6 2.7 ± 0.5 .05
LADprox
LADmid
LADdist 		0.013
0.040
0.24		 0.002
0.020
0.78		 2.8 ± 0.7
2.4 ± 0.8
1.7 ± 1.0		 2.1 ± 0.6
1.8 ± 0.6
1.5 ± 0.7		 <.001
.004
.51
LCXprox
LCXmid
LCXdist 		0.041
0.003
0.063		 0.41
0.047
0.81		 2.3 ± 0.9
1.9 ± 0.9
0.8 ± 1.0		 1.9 ± 0.7
1.3 ± 0.8
0.7 ± 0.8		 .06
.003
.21
RCAprox
RCAmid
RCAdist 		0.042
0.25
0.035		 0.010
0.11
0.049		 3.1 ± 0.6
2.4 ± 1.0
2.3 ± 1.4		 2.5 ± 0.7
2.0 ± 0.9
1.6 ± 1.0		 .009
.09
.02
Overall 0.003 0.009 2.8 ± 0.6 2.1 ± 0.5 <.001

Note: LMS, left main stem; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LCX, left circumflex coronary artery; and RCA, right coronary artery. Prox indicates proximal coronary segment, mid indicates middle coronary segments, and dist indicates distal coronary segments.