Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging of myocardial oedema following acute myocardial infarction: Is whole heart coverage necessary?

Table 2 Intraclass correlation coefficients between angiographic and cardiovascular magnetic resonance methods of 3-slice and 10-slice oedema CMR (T2-STIR) imaging techniques

3-slice Assessment	T2 STIR	APPROACH	BARI
Infarct ESA	0.50 (0.30–0.66)^***	0.27 (0.12–0.41)^**	0.19 (0.05–0.34)^**
Oedema ESA	0.91 (0.86–0.95)^***	0.36 (0.22–0.49)^**	0.27 (0.12–0.41)^*
Infarct %	0.47 (0.26–0.64)^***	0.28 (0.13–0.41)^**	0.20 (0.05–0.35)^*
BARI	0.35 (0.21–0.49)^***	0.88 (0.85–0.91)^***
APPROACH	0.42 (0.29–0.55)^***
10-slice Assessment	T2 STIR	APPROACH	BARI
Infarct ESA	0.64 (0.50–0.75)^***	0.44 (0.25–0.60)^***	0.28 (0.07–0.47)^**
Oedema ESA	0.89 (0.84–0.93)^***	0.40 (0.20–0.56)^***	0.17 (–0.05–0.37)
Infarct %	0.73 (0.61–0.82)^***	0.50 (0.32–0.64)^***	0.33 (0.13–0.51)^**
BARI	0.27 (0.06–0.46)^***	0.85 (0.78–0.90)^***
APPROACH	0.46 (0.27–0.61)^***

Data are expressed intraclass correlation coefficients (confidence interval). p value <0.05 = *, <0.01 = **, <0.001 = ***. APPROACH Alberta provincial project for outcome assessment in coronary heart disease, BARI bypass angioplasty revascularization investigation myocardial jeopardy index, ESA endocardial surface area, STIR T2, short tau inversion recovery, LAD left anterior descending artery

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