Table 3 Ventricular diameters and shortening indices (mean ± SD) based on mid-ventricle short-axis cine images
From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with pectus excavatum compared with normal controls
Pectus patients | Healthy Subjects | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ventricular Diameters during cardiac phases (mm) | ||||
RV-SD | ED | 22.6 ± 7.0 | 33.6 ± 4.6 | < 0.001 |
ES | 18.9 ± 5.9 | 26.7 ± 4.3 | < 0.002 | |
RV-LD | ED | 79.1 ± 9.6 | 73.3 ± 9.0 | 0.047 |
ES | 65.4 ± 9.0 | 63.6 ± 8.9 | 0.512 | |
LV-SD | ED | 45.6 ± 5.9 | 46.6 ± 4.7 | 0.517 |
ES | 30.2 ± 4.5 | 31.67 ± 4.1 | 0.259 | |
LV-LD | ED | 54.7 ± 6.4 | 55.4 ± 3.9 | 0.618 |
ES | 35.8 ± 4.8 | 36.0 ± 4.7 | 0.857 | |
Myocardial Shortening (%) | ||||
RV-SD shortening | 14.8 ± 9.3 | 20.4 ± 8.5 | 0.043 | |
RV-LD shortening | 17.4 ± 5.5 | 13.4 ± 3.9 | 0.007 | |
LV-SD shortening | 33.6 ± 6.6 | 32.0 ± 5.9 | 0.404 | |
LV-LD shortening | 34.3 ± 6.7 | 34.9 ± 6.9 | 0.766 | |