Table 2.

Patients CMR characteristics

Characteristics	All patients	No appropriate ICD therapy	Appropriate ICD therapy	P-value
	(n = 68)	(n = 53)	(n = 15)
LVDd (SAX), mm	67.6 ± 6.7	67.3 ± 6.6	68.7 ± 7.4	0.45
LV length (4 chamber), mm	97.8 ± 8.9	98.2 ± 9.5	96.1 ± 6.7	0.45
Sphericity index	0.54 ± 0.08	0.52 ± 0.07	0.60 ± 0.08	0.001
Septal wall thickness, mm	8.6 ± 2.6	8.4 ± 2.4	9.1 ± 3.1	0.39
Inferolateral wall thickness, mm	7.4 ± 2.0	7.4 ± 1.9	7.5 ± 2.6	0.84
RWT_2P	0.22 ± 0.06	0.22 ± 0.06	0.22 ± 0.08	0.99
RWT_AP	0.24 ± 0.06	0.24 ± 0.06	0.24 ± 0.08	0.77
LV EDV, ml	268.6 ± 80.3	261.6 ± 76.8	293.6 ± 89.9	0.17
LV EDVI, ml/m2	137.5 ± 36.0	134.0 ± 31.7	149.6 ± 47.5	0.14
LV ESV, ml	192.5 ± 78.0	182.2 ± 71.9	228.9 ± 89.8	0.04
LV EF, %	30.1 ± 9.4	31.8 ± 8.9	23.9 ± 8.7	0.003
LV mass, g	155.3 ± 46.4	147.5 ± 40.3	182.7 ± 57.0	0.009
LV mass index, g/m2	80.1 ± 22.6	76.5 ± 19.5	92.6 ± 28.5	0.014
LV mass/LV EDV, g/ml	0.59 ± 0.13	0.58 ± 0.13	0.63 ± 0.13	0.16
LV LGE, n (%)	38 (56)	27 (51)	11 (73)	0.11
LV LGE2SD, g	26.9 ± 33.5	23.8 ± 31.9	38.0 ± 38.2	0.13
LV LGE4SD, g	20.9 ± 29.1	19.1 ± 28.9	27.4 ± 30.1	0.18
LV LGE6SD, g	16.2 ± 24.5	15.1 ± 24.7	20.2 ± 24.5	0.17
Heterogeneous LGE(2-4SD), g	6.6 ± 9.8	5.5 ± 8.6	10.6 ± 12.8	0.09
Heterogeneous LGE(4-6SD), g	4.7 ± 6.8	4.0 ± 6.0	7.1 ± 8.9	0.10
Heterogeneous LGE(2-6SD), g	11.3 ± 15.3	9.5 ± 13.0	17.8 ± 20.8	0.12
RV EDV, ml	156.6 ± 58.5	156.4 ± 59.6	157.3 ± 56.5	0.96
RV EDVI, ml/m2	77.9 ± 19.9	77.5 ± 18.3	79.2 ± 25.4	0.77
RV ESV, ml	80.9 ± 42.0	77.5 ± 38.2	92.9 ± 53.0	0.21
RV EF, %	48.9 ± 12.5	50.3 ± 12.0	43.8 ± 13.3	0.08
RV EF < 40, n (%)	17 (25)	9 (17)	8 (53)	0.02

Values in parentheses represent percents

Dd diastolic dimension, EDV end-diastolic volume, EDVI end-diastolic volume index, EF ejection fraction, ESV end-systolic volume, ICD implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, LGE late gadolinium enhancement, LV left ventricular, RV right ventricular, RWT relative wall thickness, SAX short axis transection, SD standard deviation