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Table 3 CMR characteristics for Control and PostC, long-term follow-up

From: Long-term impact of postconditioning on infarct size and left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Control, n=35

PostC, n=33

 

1 week

3 months

12 months

1 week

3 months

12 months

LV end-diastolic volume index, ml/m 2

89 (80, 99)

88 (77,103)

86 (70, 104)

79 (73, 84)

85 (77, 99)

79 (73, 91)

LV end-systolic volume index, ml/m 2

49 (37, 56)

44 (35, 58)

39 (33, 57)

43 (36, 55)

43 (37, 55)

40 (32, 48)

Sphericity index, end-diastole

0.39 (0.35, 0.42)

0.39 (0.32, 0.47)

0.38 (0.33, 0.44)

0.38 (0.34, 0.45)

0.40 (0.35, 0.44)

0.37 (0.33, 0.44)

LV-mass index, g/m 2

68 (60, 75)

61 (55, 69)**

60 (55, 67)***, #

65 (59, 75)

59 (56, 70)***

57 (54, 68)***

Infarct size, % of LV mass

8.0 (5.5, 14.1)

6.6 (4.3, 13.6)***

6.0 (4.3, 13.1)***

9.9 (5.5, 14.9)

8.8 (5.0, 11.5)***

7.6 (4.9, 12.2)***

Infarct size, g

12.3 (7.5, 23.8)

9.1 (5.4, 21.1)***

7.8 (4.9, 19.8)***, ##

11.2 (7.7, 25.5)

10.1 (6.2, 18.8)***

10.6 (5.4, 16.9)***

Infarct size, % of ACS

39 (27, 54)

33 (21, 44)***

31 (23, 41)***

41 (26, 54)

31 (22, 45)***

31 (23, 43)***

Microvascular obstruction (LGE), % of LV mass

2.0 (1.4, 2.8)

-

-

1.8 (1.1, 2.8)

-

-

  1. Median and inter quartile range. ACS Abnormally contracting segments; LGE Late gadolinium enhancement, LV Left ventricle. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001 vs. 1 week; # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01 vs. 3 months. Wilcoxon sign rank test with Bonferroni correction.