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Table 1 Diagnostic quality grading of all coronary segments

From: Free-breathing 3D whole-heart coronary mra using respiratory motion-resolved sparse reconstruction

Coronary Segment

1D Respiratory Self-Navigation

4-Phase X-D GRASP (End-exp)

Left Main

1.8 ± 0.4

2.0 ± 0.0*

LAD Prox.

1.6 ± 0.5

2.0 ± 0.0*

LAD Mid

1.3 ± 0.6

1.4 ± 0.5

LAD Dist.

0.9 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 0.5

LCX Prox.

1.4 ± 0.7

1.4 ± 0.7

RCA Prox.

1.8 ± 0.4

2.0 ± 0.0

RCA Mid

1.3 ± 0.5

1.7 ± 0.5

RCA Dist.

1.4 ± 0.7

1.7 ± 0.5

Total Diagnostic Segments

41/88 (47%)

61/88 (70%)

  1. All values are expressed as mean ± one standard deviation
  2. * Indicates statistical significance compared to 1D Respiratory Self-Navigation.
  3. Diagnostic Grading: 0 = non-visible, 1 = visible but non diagnostic and 2 = visible and diagnostic