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

Table 2 The relationships between CMR findings and clinical characteristics

	Time to PCI*		CK-MB max.		Troponin T max.
	R²	p	R²	p	R²	p
T2-weighted imaging	0.04	0.23	0.05	0.22	0.07	0.13
LGE endocardial extent	0.0001	0.80	0.36	< 0.01	0.29	< 0.01
LGE infarct size	0.002	0.96	0.37	< 0.01	0.33	< 0.01
Salvage by T2-weighted imaging	0.008	0.62	0.26	< 0.01	0.20	< 0.01
Salvage by LGE endocardial extent	0.0004	0.92	0.25	< 0.01	0.19	0.01

* Time from pain onset to reperfusion. PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention. LGE = late gadolinium enhancement.

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