Table 1.
Parametric maps in LV and RV of whole hearts: Mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), principal eigenvalues λ1, λ2, and λ3, fractional anisotropy (FA), and transverse anisotropy = λ2/λ3 (mean ± standard deviation over voxels in whole heart).
| Mean ADC ×10−3 mm2/s |
λ1 ×10−3 mm2/s |
λ2 ×10−3 mm2/s |
λ3 ×10−3 mm2/s |
FA | λ2/λ3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slack state | LV | 1.34 ± 0.17 | 1.78 ± 0.16 | 1.24 ± 0.20 | 1.02 ± 0.18 | 0.29 ± 0.06 | 1.22 ± 0.11 |
| RV | 1.45 ± 0.22 | 1.87 ± 0.26 | 1.37 ± 0.24 | 1.10 ± 0.22 | 0.27 ± 0.07 | 1.25 ± 0.14 | |
| Contractured state | LV | 1.25 ± 0.12 | 1.64 ± 0.14 | 1.18 ± 0.14 | 0.93 ± 0.13 | 0.29 ± 0.05 | 1.28 ± 0.14 |
| RV | 1.40 ± 0.19 | 1.80 ± 0.23 | 1.34 ± 0.21 | 1.05 ± 0.197 | 0.27 ± 0.07 | 1.29 ± 0.15 | |