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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Jul 10;30(8):1559–1567. doi: 10.1007/s10554-014-0487-8

Table 2.

Imaging Parameters

Overall
(n=285)
MW-LGE +
(n=34)
MW-LGE −
(n=251)
P
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
  Left Ventricular Function
    Ejection fraction (%) 27 ± 8 24 ± 9 28 ± 8 0.02
    Stroke volume (ml) 60 ± 23 68 ± 40 59 ± 19 0.22
      (ml/m2) 31 ± 11 34 ± 21 31 ± 9 0.42
   Cardiac Output (L/min) 4.7 ± 1.9 5.6 ± 3.2 4.6 ± 1.6 0.09
      (L-m2/min) 2.4 ± 0.9 2.8 ± 1.7 2.4 ± 0.7 0.20
  Left Ventricular Remodeling Indices
    End-diastolic volume (ml) 230 ± 78 287± 93 223 ± 73 <0.001
      (ml/m2) 119 ± 37 141 ± 45 116 ± 35 <0.001
    End-systolic volume (ml) 170 ± 72 218 ± 90 163 ± 67 0.001
     (ml/m2) 88 ± 35 107 ± 43 85 ± 33 0.001
    Myocardial mass (gm) 192 ± 56 219 ± 56 188 ± 55 0.003
      (gm/m2) 99 ± 26 108 ± 24 98 ± 26 0.04
    Concentricity (gm/ml) 0.9 ± 0.2 0.8 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.2 0.12
    Anteroseptal wall thickness (cm) 1.0 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.2 0.41
    Posterolateral wall thickness (cm) 0.9 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.2 0.88
    Peak Systolic Wall stress (kPa) 34 ± 8.8 37 ± 10 33 ± 9 0.02
  Left Atrial Geometry
    Diameter (cm) 4.2 ± 0.7 4.3 ± 0.6 4.2 ± 0.7 0.38
    Area (cm2) 27 ± 7 31 ± 7 26 ± 7 <0.001
      (cm2/m2) 14 ± 4 15 ± 3 14 ± 4 0.06
Overall
(n=206)
MW-LGE +
(n=22)
MW-LGE −
(n=184)
P
Transthoracic Echocardiography*
  Left Ventricular Function
    Ejection fraction (%) 26 ± 10 23 ± 10 27 ± 9 0.10
  Left Ventricular Remodeling Indices
    End-diastolic diameter (cm) 6.2 ± 0.8 6.7 ± 1.1 6.2 ± 0.8 0.04
    End-systolic diameter (cm) 5.5 ± 0.9 6.0 ± 1.2 5.4 ± 0.9 0.04
    Myocardial mass (gm) 249 ± 70 288 ± 70 243 ± 68 0.004
      (gm/m2) 128 ± 33 142 ± 31 126 ± 33 0.03
    Relative wall thickness (cm) 0.30 ± 0.06 0.29 ± 0.09 0.30 ± 0.06 0.61
  Left Atrial Geometry
      Diameter (cm) 4.4 ± 0.8 4.5 ± 1.0 4.3 ± 0.8 0.33
*

Available in 72% of the population (mean interval of 1.7 ± 3.0 days of CMR)