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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Gradient Spin Echo (GraSE) imaging for fast myocardial T2 mapping

Patient

Diagnosis

Gender

Age

ECG changes

Troponin I [ng/ml]

CRP [mg/l]

T2 total [ms]

#1

Acute, diffuse myocarditis

Female

42

None

1.6

188.0

68.0 ± 2.4

#2

Acute myocardial infarction

Female

53

ST segment elevation

30.1

3.2

62.5 ± 13.1

#3

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Female

44

Left bundle branch block

9.6

5.1

63.5 ± 6.0

#4

Acute myocarditis

Male

28

None

4.1

59.7

57.7 ± 8.7

#5

Acute myocardial infarction

Male

68

T-wave abnormalities

5.0

4.1

54.8 ± 4.1

  1. Patient characteristics for five patients with acute myocardial injury. Myocardial T2 relaxation times were obtained with the six-echo variant of the GraSE sequence.
  2. CRP = C-reactive protein; ECG = Electrocardiogram; T2 = Global myocardial T2 relaxation times.