Table 2 Subjective evaluation of WHCMRA image quality

Image qualituy score

RCA

2.9±0.6

1.9±0.7

2.6±0.9

p=0.22

-

LAD

2.0±0.5

2.2±0.9

2.9±0.9

p=0.55

-

LCx

2.6±0.8

2.5±0.5

3.0±0.7

p=0.201

-

1: poor (coronary vessel barely evident or noisy image)

2: moderate (coronary vessel visible but diagnostic confidence low)

3: good (coronary artery adequately visualized and diagnostic quality image)

4: excellent (coronary artery clearly depicted)