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. 2020 Jun 8;22(7):790–799. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa101

Table 1.

Clinical and cardiovascular magnetic resonance findings in healthy controls and Fabry patients without LVH

Healthy controls (n = 76) Fabry disease without LVH
P-value normal T1 vs. healthy controls P-value normal T1 vs. low T1
Normal T1 (n = 40) Low T1 (n = 32)
Age (years) 49 ± 15 40 ± 13 43 ± 11 0.002 0.332
Male, n (%) 38 (50) 5 (13) 8 (25) <0.001 0.222
SBP (mmHg) 122 ± 13 110 ± 11 115 ± 11 <0.001 0.155
DBP (mmHg) 76 ± 9 71 ± 8 75 ± 5 0.010 0.082
BSA (m2) 1.8 ± 0.2 1.8 ± 0.2 1.8 ± 0.2 0.448 0.753
Cardiac variant, n (%) NA 13 (33) 10 (31) 1.000
ERT/OCT, n (%) NA 13 (33) 12 (38) 0.804
hs-TnT (ng/L) NA 1 (1–5) 3 (1–6) 0.693
NT-proBNP (pmol/L) NA 8 (1–14) 6 (1–12) 0.630
CMR
 LV EDVI (mL/m2) 72 ± 11 74 ± 11 72 ± 12 0.437 0.564
 LVEF (%) 67 ± 4 70 ± 7 73 ± 6 0.018 0.097
 LVMI (g/m2) 65 ± 13 59 ± 10 67 ± 14 0.008 0.011
 MWT (mm) 9 (7–10) 8 (7–9) 10 (9–11) 0.527 0.001
 Septal T1 (ms) 1029 ± 38 1000 ± 28 913 ± 35 <0.001 <0.001
 BIFL T2 (ms) 48 ± 2 50 ± 4 46 ± 2 0.027 0.021
 Global ECV 24 ± 3 26 ± 2 25 ± 2 0.029 0.243
 LGE, n (%) 0 5/37 (14) 8/31 (26) 0.003 0.230
 LV LGE (%)a 0 0.3 ± 1.1 0.7 ± 1.4 0.004 0.156
 GLS (%) −20.3 ± 2.3 −18.3 ± 2.1 −18.7 ± 2.5 <0.001 0.457
 Stress MBF (mL/g per min) 3.0 ± 0.8 2.5 ± 0.7 2.5 ± 0.5 0.028 0.961

BIFL, basal inferolateral wall; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; BSA, body surface area; CMR, cardiovascular magnetic resonance; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; ECV, extracellular volume fraction; EDVI, end-diastolic volume index; ERT, enzyme replacement therapy; GLS, global longitudinal strain; hs-TnT, high-sensitivity troponin T; LGE, late gadolinium enhancement; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; MBF, myocardial blood flow; MWT, maximum wall thickness; NA, not available/not applicable; OCT, oral chaperone therapy; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

a

Non-normally distributed variable.