The reproducibility of late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging of post-ablation atrial scar: a cross-over study

Table 1 Image acquisition and comparison nomenclature

3D Late Gadolinium Enhanced Acquisition			Scan Session 1			Scan Session 2
			10 min	20 min	30 min	10 min	20 min	30 min
			Acq₁	Acq₂	Acq₃	Acq₄	Acq₅	Acq₆
Baseline Scan	20 min	Acq₀	C_0,1	C_0,2	C_0,3	C_0,4	C_0,5	C_0,6
Post ablation Scan 1	10 min	Acq ₁	–	C_1,2	C_1,3	C_1,4	C_1,5	C_1,6
	20 min	Acq ₂	–	–	C_2,3	C_2,4	C_2,5	C_2,6
	30 min	Acq ₃	–	–	–	C_3,4	C_3,5	C_3,6
Post-ablation Scan 2	10 min	Acq ₄	–	–	–	–	C_4,5	C_4,6
	20 min	Acq ₅	–	–	–	–	–	C_5,6
	30 min	Acq ₆	–	–	–	–	–	–

Acq_i is the i^th post-ablation LGE acquisition for each subject, C_i,j is the comparison between Acq_i and Acq_j
Second column is timing of commencement of acquisition, in minutes after administration of gadolinium based contrast agent

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