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Table 4 Quantitative vessel assessment

From: Feasibility of contrast-enhanced coronary artery magnetic resonance angiography using compressed sensing

 

CS CMRA

Conventional CMRA

p-value

Vessel length (mm)

 RCA

149 (128, 161)

146 (132, 163)

0.189

 LAD

134 (103, 155)

138 (110, 155)

0.079

 LCX

91 (80, 111)

93 (82, 114)

0.153

Vessel sharpness (1/mm)

 RCA

0.87 ± 0.14

0.85 ± 0.16

0.152

 LAD

0.90 ± 0.15

0.87 ± 0.14

0.090

 LCX

0.95 ± 0.19

0.94 ± 0.16

0.301

Vessel diameter (mm)

 RCA

4.0 ± 0.6

4.1 ± 0.6

0.514

 LAD

3.6 ± 0.6

3.5 ± 0.6

0.492

 LCX

3.2 ± 0.5

3.2 ± 0.5

0.701

  1. The data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation or as the median (first quartile, third quartile)
  2. CS compressed sensing; LAD left anterior descending artery; LCX left circumflex artery; RCA right coronary artery