Skip to main content

Table 4 3D bSSFP vs. 3D IR GRE scores for patients based on age

From: Improved high-resolution pediatric vascular cardiovascular magnetic resonance with gadofosveset-enhanced 3D respiratory navigated, inversion recovery prepared gradient echo readout imaging compared to 3D balanced steady-state free precession readout imaging

 

Patients < 10 years old (n = 16)

Patients ≥ 10 years old (n = 19)

 

3D bSSFP Median (IQR)

3D IR GRE Median (IQR)

p-value

3D bSSFP Median (IQR)

3D IR GRE Median (IQR)

p-value

RCA

0 (0 – 1)

2 (1 – 3)

0.002

2 (0 – 3)

3 (1 – 3)

0.113

LCA

1 (0 – 2)

1 (0 – 3)

0.141

2 (0 – 3)

3 (2 – 3)

0.014

Pulmonary Arteries

3 (0 – 3)

3 (3 – 3)

0.008

3 (2 – 3)

3 (3 – 3)

0.063

Pulmonary Veins

0 (0 – 0)

3 (3 – 3)

<0.001

1 (0 – 1)

3 (3 – 3)

<0.001

Blood Pool Homogeneity

1 (0 – 2)

3 (3 – 3)

<0.001

2 (1 – 2)

3 (3 – 3)

<0.001

Metal Artifact

2 (1 – 2)

2 (2 – 2)

0.031

2 (1 – 2)

2 (2 – 3)

0.063

Total All-Patient Score

5 (1 – 7)

13 (10 – 14)

<0.001

9 (5 – 11)

14 (13 – 15)

<0.001

Total Metal Score (n = 17)

3 (2 – 7)

16 (14 – 17)

0.004

9 (5 – 12)

17 (14 – 17)

0.008

  1. Shown are the median (interquartile range) of VIQS scores for each category, based on age of the patient. Bolded p-values are less than 0.05