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Table 3 Selected results; patients with baseline EF < median (51.9%)

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 = 14

EDV - ml

183.2 ± 46.1

202.9 ± 49.3

0.641

194.6 ± 64.4

191.6 ± 55.6

0.162

 

ESV - ml

105.1 ± 33.1

114.8 ± 38.1

0.640

107.7 ± 43.4

95.2 ± 43.6*

0.028

 

EF - %

43.3 ± 6.4

43.7 ± 7.2

0.947

45.8 ± 7.1

51.9 ± 8.8*

0.386

 

infarct percent - %

28.8 ± 10.7

33.5 ± 12.1

0.505

27.2 ± 8.8

28.7 ± 12.1*

0.071

 

global strain - %

-10.0 ± 2.4

-11.3 ± 2.9

0.536

-11.4 ± 2.8

-13.0 ± 2.8

0.189

Infarct zone

N = 14

infarct percent - %

41.0 ± 12.4

46.6 ± 11.9

0.463

37.9 ± 10.1*

38.8 ± 11.4*

0.053

 

strain - %

-8.7 ± 2.9

-8.9 ± 2.7

0.738

-9.9 ± 3.1

-11.7 ± 2.4*

0.205

Transmural infarct zone

N = 9

infarct percent - %

86.8 ± 7.4

90.5 ± 7.7

0.462

77.6 ± 4.3*

79.2 ± 12.7

0.327

 

strain - %

-2.0 ± 1.5

-4.6 ± 4.9

0.221

-2.4 ± 1.4

-8.6 ± 5.9

0.027

  1. p-value 1 refers to between group differences at baseline (Mann-Whitney). p-value 2 refers to between group differences in changes from baseline (Mann-Whitney). *p < 0.05 for intra-group differences from baseline, evaluated by Wilcoxon signed rank test.