Extra-cellular expansion in the normal, non-infarcted myocardium is associated with worsening of regional myocardial function after acute myocardial infarction

Table 5 Association of acute myocardial ECV to adverse LV remodelling

	LV AVR -ve	LV AVR + ve	P-value
Number of patients (n)	40	10
Acute non-oedematous, non-infarcted healthy myocardial ECV (%)	27.9 ± 3	30.4 ± 3.6	0.04
Acute infarct ECV (%)	43 ± 8	42 ± 6	0.61
Acute oedema ECV (%)	35.1 ± 6	33.3 ± 4	0.41

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