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Table 69 Reference ranges of normal absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF) at rest and during adenosine stress and perfusion reserve in adults and children

From: Reference ranges (“normal values”) for cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in adults and children: 2020 update

References

n

MBF at rest (ml/min/g)

MBF during Adenosine stress (ml/min/g)

Perfusion reservea

Mean ± SD (LL–UL)b

Mean ± SD (LL–UL)b

Mean ± SD (LL–UL)b

Wang, 2006 [192]

99

49

50

All: 1.02 ± 0.24 (0.54–1.5)

Men: 0.96 ± 0.23 (0.5–1.96)

Women: 1.08 ± 0.23 (0.62–2.32)

All: 3.13 ± 0.80 (1.53–6.19)

Men: 2.79 ± 0.72 (1.35–5.49)

Women: 3.46 ± 0.73 (2.02–7.50)

All: 3.17 ± 0.87 (1.43–4.91)

Madriago, 2015 [196] c

20

0.94 ± 0.17 (0.6–1.28)

2.34 ± 0.82 (0.7–3.98)

2.63 ± 0.96 (0.71–4.55)

Brown, 2018 [195]

42

0.65 ± 0.13 (0.39–0.91)

2.71 ± 0.61 (1.49–3.93)

4.24 ± 0.69 (2.86–5.62)

  1. n number of study participants, MBF myocardial blood flow
  2. aRatio of MBF during stress divided by MBF at rest
  3. bCalculated as mean ± 2*SD
  4. cData table was made available by senior author to calculate mean and SD