Table 2.

Magnetic Resonance Functional Measurements in Patients and Controls

Variables	Patients, n = 31	Controls, n = 39	P
Heart rate, beats/min	73.5 ± 14.9	73.6 ± 11.4	0.98
LV ejection fraction, %	40.3 ± 7.8	62.6 ± 5.0	<0.0001
LV stroke volume, mL	90.5 ± 18.0	97.5 ± 20.3	0.14
LV end‐diastolic volume, mL	228.9 ± 71.5	157.3 ± 43.0	<0.0001
LV end‐diastolic diameter, mm	62.4 ± 6.4	51.9 ± 4.0	<0.0001
Cardiac output, L/min	6.5 ± 1.3	6.9 ± 1.5	0.26

Abbreviations: LV, left ventricular.

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.