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Table 1 Characteristics

From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance of the myocardium at risk in acute reperfused myocardial infarction: comparison of T2-weighted imaging versus the circumferential endocardial extent of late gadolinium enhancement with transmural projection

Male

32

86%

Age (y)

62 ± 10

(36 - 83)

Time from pain onset to reperfusion

200 ± 132

(80 - 565)

Time from PCI to CMR (days)

4 ± 3

(0 - 7)

Occluded artery by angiography

  

   LAD

22

59%

   RCA

13

35%

   LCX

1

3%

   Left Main

1

3%

Infarct Size (% of LV myocardium)

14 ± 10

(0 - 47)

Endocardial Extent (% of LV myocardium)

23 ± 12

(0 - 66)

MaR by T2-weighted imaging (% of LV myocardium)

34 ± 10

(16 - 59)

Myocardial Salvage by T2-weighted imaging (% salvage of MaR)

58 ± 22

(13 - 100)

Myocardial Salvage by endocardial extent (% salvage of MaR)

45 ± 23

(-7 - 100)

  1. Values are presented as n (%) or as mean + SD (range). PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; CMR = cardiovascular magnetic resonance; LAD = left anterior descending artery; RCA = right coronary artery; LCx = left circumflex artery; MaR = myocardium at risk.