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Table 2 ICC of minimum (Dmin) and maximum (Dmax) PV diameters and areas measured during diastole on each non-contrast CMRA sequence compared to CTA

From: Radial-based acquisition strategies for pre-procedural non-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography of the pulmonary veins

  

BH-2D

BH-SOS

FB-NS-SOS

Reader 1

Reader 2

Reader 1

Reader 2

Reader 1

Reader 2

Right superior

Dmax

0.88c

0.79c

0.89c

0.75c

0.94c

0.93c

Dmin

0.54b

0.81c

0.63b

0.52b

0.79c

0.92c

Area

0.79b

0.80c

0.78a

0.80c

0.89b

0.92c

Right inferior

Dmax

0.52c

0.56c

0.59c

0.74c

0.62b

0.83c

Dmin

0.43b

0.58c

0.64c

0.64b

0.74b

0.87c

Area

0.60c

0.71c

0.77c

0.86c

0.83c

0.91c

Left superior

Dmax

0.76c

0.66c

0.82c

0.93c

0.92c

0.95c

Dmin

0.72c

0.77c

0.88c

0.96c

0.93c

0.98c

Area

0.69c

0.76c

0.87c

0.94c

0.93c

0.96c

Left inferior

Dmax

0.88c

0.78c

0.83c

0.85c

0.91c

0.93c

Dmin

0.70c

0.77c

0.76c

0.89c

0.87c

0.87c

Area

0.81c

0.81c

0.87c

0.89c

0.88b

0.94c

Left common

Dmax

0.89c

0.83b

0.93c

0.91b

0.87a

0.83a

Dmin

0.69a

0.75b

0.66a

0.61a

0.94a

0.83a

Area

0.80b

0.87c

0.87a

0.86b

0.09

0.23

All PVs

Dmax

0.87c

0.83c

0.90c

0.91c

0.87c

0.94c

Dmin

0.63c

0.74c

0.76c

0.78c

0.84c

0.92c

Area

0.79c

0.83c

0.88c

0.91c

0.90c

0.95c

  1. All images were acquired in a coronal plane. Largest ICC values for all pulmonary veins and for each reader are shown in bold
  2. aP < 0.05; bP < 0.01; cP < 0.001; BH breath hold; FB free breathing, SOS stack of stars