Relation between myocardial edema and myocardial mass during the acute and convalescent phase of myocarditis – a CMR study

Table 3 CMR results in acute myocarditis and at follw-up

Variable	Acute	Follow-up	Difference between means	P-value acute vs. follow-up
LV mass (g)	156.66 ± 30.56	140.33 ± 28.30	-16.33	<0.0001
LV mass/height (g/cm)	0.90 ± 0.15	0.80 ± 0.12	-0.10	0.0001
LVEDV (ml)	158.10 ± 40.01	153.57 ± 37.50	-4.52	0.395
LVEDV/height (ml/cm)	0.89 ± 0.19	0.85 ± 0.19	-0.04	0.2859
Ejection fraction (%)	59.95 ± 6.39	64.14 ± 5.26	4.19	0.015
T2 ratio	2.41 ± 0.39	1.68 ± 0.29	-0.72	<0.0001

Quantitative results of CMR in the acute and convalescent phase (follow-up) of myocarditis (mean ± SD): LV mass, LV mass/height, LVEDV, LVEDV/height, ejection fraction, T2 ratio

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