Table 3.

Inter-technique agreements for left atrial volumes and ejection fraction between CMR short-axis and biplane methods

Parameter	CMR SAX mean ± SD	CMR biplane Mean ± SD	Mean dfference ± SD	95% Limits of agreement	P value
All patients (n = 97)
LAV max (ml)	120 ± 50	102 ± 44	18 ± 21	− 22 to 60	< 0.0001
LAV min (ml)	84 ± 49	71 ± 44	13 ± 18	− 22 to 48	< 0.0001
LAEF (%)	34 ± 13	34 ± 16	− 1 ± 8	− 17 to 15	0.307
Sinus rhythm (n = 74)
LAV max (ml)	103 ± 33	88 ± 32	15 ± 13	− 9 to 41	< 0.0001
LAV min (ml)	64 ± 26	53 ± 25	11 ± 10	− 9 to 31	< 0.0001
LAEF (%)	39 ± 10	41 ± 12	− 2 ± 9	− 20 to 16	0.083
Atrial fibrillation (n = 23)
LAV max (ml)	176 ± 56	147 ± 45	27 ± 35	− 42 to 97	0.001
LAV min (ml)	148 ± 51	129 ± 43	19 ± 32	− 43 to 81	0.008
LAEF (%)	16 ± 8	14 ± 9	2 ± 4	− 6 to 10	0.013

Abbreviations are as for Table 2