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Table 1 Average LVM, MI size (including NF) and NF size, as well as their normalised values (mean ± SD) obtained by MRI and TTC

From: The MRI characteristics of the no-flow region are similar in reperfused and non-reperfused myocardial infarcts: an MRI and histopathology study in swine

Parameter

Reperfused

Non-Reperfused

P *

MRI

TTC

P

MRI

TTC

P

LVM (g)

69.4 ± 21.3

74.2 ± 27.9

0.094

80.2 ± 22.3

76.6 ± 21.7

0.109

0.077

MI (ml)

17.1 ± 3.4

18.8 ± 4.4

0.216

19.4 ± 8.1

18.1 ± 7.8

0.484

0.090

MIF (%LVM)

27.3 ± 12.2

30.5 ± 15.5

0.202

24.3 ± 7.7

24.6 ± 10.1

0.625

0.158

NF (ml)

7.7 ± 2.4

  

8.1 ± 1.9

  

0.211

NFF (%LVM)

12.6 ± 7.8

  

10.1 ± 3.3

  

0.114

NFF (%MI)

44.6 ± 7.6

  

41.5 ± 9.9

  

0.278

  1. MRI magnetic resonance imaging, TTC triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining, LVM left ventricular mass, MI myocardial infarct, MIF MI fraction, NF no-flow region, NFF no-flow fraction. * P value for comparison of measurements in the reperfused and non-reperfused groups based on MRI