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Table 1 Demographic characteristics. a: Patients versus controls and b: AMI versus follow-up

From: Segmental strain for scar detection in acute myocardial infarcts and in follow-up exams using non-contrast CMR cine sequences

 

AMI

n = 57

Controls

n = 43

p values

(a)

Demographics

 Sex (male/female)

42/15

30/13

 Age (years)

61 ± 12

54 ± 11

0.2

 BSA (m2)

1.9 ± 0.4

1.8 ± 0.3

0.5

 BMI

27 ± 5

25 ± 3

0.02

LV morphology

 LV-EDV (ml)

191 ± 23

171 ± 31

< 0.01

 LV-ESV (ml)

81 ± 32

66 ± 21

< 0.01

 LV-SV (ml)

83 ± 15

91 ± 15

0.02

 LV-EF (%)

50 ± 8

59 ± 6

< 0.01

 LV mass (g)

60 ± 14

51 ± 10

0.04

Global strain

 GPCS (%)

− 10.3 ± 3

− 19.9 ± 2

0.01

 GPLS (%)

− 10.7 ± 5

− 18.9 ± 4

0.04

 GPRS (%)

27.9 ± 5

39.8 ± 6

0.01

Affected coronary vessel

 RIVA

  Reperfused acute occlusion

28

  

  Reperfused acute-on-chronic stenosis

1

  

  Failed reperfusion

2

  

  Acute coronary dissection

2

  

 RCA—reperfused acute occlusion

13

  

 RCA—acute dissection

3

  

 LCX—reperfused acute occlusion

6

  

 LCX—failed reperfusion

2

  

Myocardial infarcts

 Infarcted segments

189/896

  

  Viable (< 50% wall width infarcted)

3

  

  Non-viable (> 50% wall width infarcted)

186

  

 Scar burden (%)

23.4 ± 6

  

 Segments with myocardial edema only

27

  
 

AMI

CMR

Follow-up

CMR

p values

(b)

n

32

Sex (male/female)

23/9

Age (years)

52 ± 7

BSA (m2)

1.9 ± 0.5

BMI

27 ± 4

LV morphology

 LV-EDV (ml)

172 ± 19

184 ± 27

0.2

 LV-ESV (ml)

80 ± 29

86 ± 26

0.8

 LV-SV (ml)

89 ± 18

72 ± 18

0.5

 LV-EF (%)

47 ± 10

51 ± 8

0.2

 LV mass (g)

60 ± 10

53 ± 8

0.6

Global strain

 GPCS (%)

− 10.6 ± 2

− 9.5 ± 3

0.7

 GPLS (%)

− 10.2 ± 5

− 10.9 ± 5

0.8

 GPRS (%)

26.8 ± 6

29.8 ± 4

0.2

Myocardial infarcts

 Infarcted segments

118/512

118/512

 

  Viable (< 50% wall width infarcted)

1

16

0.02

  Non-viable (> 50% wall width infarcted)

117

102

0.5

 Scar burden (%)

25.1 ± 5

20.7 ± 4

0.6

 Segments with myocardial edema only

10

 Patients with infarcts detected in SPCSa

32/32

31/32

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  1. BSA body surface area, BMI body mass index, LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVESV left ventricular end-systolic volume, LVSV left ventricular stroke volume, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, GPCS/GPLS/GPRS global circumferential/longitudinal/radial strain
  2. aPatients with infarcts in LGE served as gold standard