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Table 1 Mean annular motion and differences.

From: The role of cardiac MR in identifying annulus paradoxus, a specific marker for constrictive pericarditis

 

Number

Mean medial annular Motion (mm)

Mean lateral annular Motion (mm)

Mean difference (negative indicating Paradoxical motion)

Study Population

64

8.80

9.96

1.16

Pericardial constriction

23

9.05

8.16

-0.88

Non Pericardial constriction

41

8.66

10.97

2.31

Non ischemic cardiomyopathies

22

6.31

8.77

2.46

Normal

19

11.37

13.52

2.14

P-values: Pericardial constriction vs.

    

Non Pericardial constriction

 

0.63

<0.0014

<0.0005

Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies

 

0.0028

0.50

<0.0005

Normal

 

0.003

<0.0005

<0.0005