Table 1 Quantitative CMR measurements and p-values from the two-sample t-test comparing patients who underwent pericardial stripping to those who did not.

IVC area (cm²)

9.59

2.59

6.3

14.6

5.02

1.36

3.0

7.5

<0.001*

Indexed IVC area (cm²/m²)

4.93

1.47

3.1

7.9

2.77

0.74

1.4

4.0

<0.001*

I:A ratio

2.56

0.76

1.4

4.0

1.28

0.27

0.7

1.8

<0.001*

Maximum pericardial thickness (mm)

5.50

2.77

2

12

1.72

0.57

1

3

<0.001*

RA AP diameter (cm)

5.17

1.15

3.2

7.9

5.00

1.21

3.1

6.9

0.664

RA TV diameter (cm)

4.81

0.91

3.4

6.4

4.99

1.18

2.7

8.4

0.605

RA area (cm²)

20.49

8.52

7.3

40.7

22.24

8.62

9.0

43.1

0.546

Indexed RA area (cm²/m²)

10.31

3.83

4.8

19.0

12.02

4.22

6.0

22.8

0.209

RV area (cm²)

15.86

6.31

9.3

29.7

22.11

6.38

13.6

34.0

0.006*

Indexed RV area (cm²/m²)

7.95

2.77

4.8

14.4

12.13

3.35

7.3

18.5

<0.001*