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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Effectiveness of late gadolinium enhancement to improve outcomes prediction in patients referred for cardiovascular magnetic resonance after echocardiography

Variable

Reproducibility cohort

Contemporaneous echocardiography cohort

 

Frequency or median (interquartile range) N = 1044

Frequency or median (interquartile range) N = 444

Demographics

  

Age (years)

54 (42–65)

55 (44–65)

Female

41%

36%

White race

88%

88%

Black race

8.5%

8.1%

General Indication for CMR exam

  

Known or suspected cardiomyopathy

31%

36%

Possible coronary disease (stress testing or viability)

31%

30%

Vasodilator stress testing

17%

17%

Evaluation for arrhythmia substrate

21%

25%

Mass or thrombus

3%

3%

Hospitalization status

  

Inpatient

33%

36%

Comorbidity

  

Hypertension

45%

51%

Diabetes

17%

19%

Dyslipidemia

35%

37%

Current cigarette smoking

15%

20%

Atrial fibrillation or flutter

6%

8%

Body mass index (kg/m2)

28.1 (24.4-33.4)

28.1 (24.1-33.2)

Obstructive coronary artery disease (>70% by angiography)

19%

20%

Prior coronary bypass

8%

8%

Prior percutaneous coronary intervention

14%

15%

Prior heart failure documented in medical records

18%

22%

Laboratory, CMR, or Echocardiography data

  

Glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73 m2)

82 (66–102)

81 (66–105)

Ejection fraction by echocardiography (%)

58 (34–63)

58 (38–63)

Ejection fraction by CMR (%)

58 (47–65)

55 (38–63)

Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE)

42%

52%

Myocardial infarction by LGE

19%

22%