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Table 2 Global and regional results; all patients (n = 28)

From: Regional myocardial function after intracoronary bone marrow cell injection in reperfused anterior wall infarction - a cardiovascular magnetic resonance tagging study

  

Baseline

6 months

  

mBMC

controls

p-value 1

mBMC

controls

p-value 2

Left ventricle

N = 28

EDV - ml

175.1 ± 48.7

176.8 ± 52.8

0.932

174.9 ± 60.0

174.3 ± 62.3

0.828

 

ESV - ml

91.2 ± 35.2

84.9 ± 41.0

0.668

87.6 ± 44.9

78.0 ± 42.3

0.674

 

EF - %

49.3 ± 9.5

54.1 ± 11.3

0.233

52.4 ± 11.9

57.9 ± 10.1

0.610

 

LV mass - g

168.6 ± 28.3

171.5 ± 42.1

0.831

162.4 ± 30.8

160.4 ± 41.1*

0.379

 

infarct mass - g

38.6 ± 23.3

45.7 ± 29.5

0.484

37.6 ± 20.5

35.7 ± 20.4*

0.034

 

infarct percent - %

22.1 ± 12.4

26.4 ± 14.8

0.410

22.2 ± 10.8

22.0 ± 11.0*

0.026

 

global strain - %

-11.1 ± 2.4

-11.9 ± 3.4

0.512

-11.1 ± 2.6

-13.1 ± 2.4*

0.027

 

twist - °

11.3 ± 3.6

12.8 ± 5.4

0.365

12.6 ± 4.3

11.8 ± 3.7

0.411

Infarct zone

N = 27

mass - g

103.0 ± 39.6

103.9 ± 37.6

0.955

100.3 ± 39.9

96.2 ± 34.5*

0.217

 

infarct mass - g

38.6 ± 23.3

45.7 ± 29.5

0.484

37.6 ± 20.5

35.7 ± 20.4*

0.034

 

infarct percent - %

34.4 ± 13.6

41.5 ± 17.7

0.242

34.3 ± 12.6

35.0 ± 11.6*

0.084

 

strain - %

-9.7 ± 3.4

-9.3 ± 4.1

0.770

-10.2 ± 3.3

-11.8 ± 3.0*

0.009

Transmural infarct zone

N = 13

mass - g

32.3 ± 22.6

35.0 ± 26.2

0.855

33.7 ± 21.4

33.6 ± 24.0

0.519

 

infarct mass - g

29.0 ± 23.0

32.5 ± 25.2

0.804

26.6 ± 17.7

26.1 ± 19.5

0.468

 

infarct percent - %

86.8 ± 7.4

90.3 ± 6.1

0.377

77.6 ± 4.3*

76.6 ± 11.4*

0.401

 

strain - %

-2.0 ± 1.5

-6.6 ± 5.6

0.107

-2.4 ± 1.4

-8.6 ± 4.9

0.108

Remote segments

N = 27

mass - g

64.4 ± 22.1

66.5 ± 24.3

0.816

61.1 ± 22.8

63.2 ± 24.0

0.965

 

strain - %

-14.4 ± 2.4

-14.9 ± 2.3

0.560

-14.3 ± 3.3

-15.6 ± 2.3

0.195

  1. p-value 1 refers to between group differences at baseline (two sample t-test). p-value 2 refers to between group differences in changes from baseline (analysis of covariance). *p < 0.05 for intra-group changes from baseline, evaluated by paired sample t-test.