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Septal myocardial R2* and T2 values in healthy volunteers and patients with cardiac transplantation
| Patients with transplant | Healthy volunteers | |
| Pan-myocardial pre-USPIO R2* (s-1) | 31.6±5.9 | 34.0±10.1 |
| Pan-myocardial post-USPIO R2* (s-1) | 58.2±7.5 | 56.0±10.2 |
| Pan-myocardial ΔR2* (s-1) | 26.6±7.3 | 22.0±10.4 |
| T2 (ms) | 53.8±5.2* | 48.6±1.9 |
Mean±SD.
*p<0.01 (compared with volunteers).
USPIO, ultra-small superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide.
