Table 2.

Histopathological findings in the examined groups

	DCM group	CMVD group	p-value
	n = 16	n = 15
interstitial fibrosis (median; range)	4 (1–7)	2.5 (1–5)	0.036
perivascular fibrosis (median; range)	1 (0–2)	2 (1–2)	0.006
fatty infiltration (median; range)	1 (0–10)	1 (0–6)	0.663
LAR (median; range)	0.3 (0.14–0.8)	0.26 (0.15–0.33)	0.041
abnormal cell nuclei (median; range)	3 (1–3)	1 (0–3)	0.008
loss of striation (median; range)	3 (1–3)	2 (0–3)	0.004
altered cardiomyocyte structure (median; range)	3 (2–3)	2 (0–3)	0.004
inflammatory infiltration (median; range)	0.36 (0–1.6)	0.35 (0–1.9)	0.796

LAR lumen area ratio