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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 2 Comparison of left ventricular ejection fraction between group A and group B

From: Insights on the left ventricular thrombus in patients with ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

  Cine-CMRI ECHO
Group A Group B Group A Group B
Numbers of patients (n) 20 56 20 56
Mean EF % 26.2 ± 11.5 32.4 ± 10.4 24 ± 5.3 30.2 ± 6.8
Mean differences 6.2 6.2
P value 0.03 0.002
  1. n = Number of patients; Group A = Patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and left ventricular apical thrombus; Group 2 = comprised of patients showing no thrombus; P value is significant if 0.05 or less using One-Way ANOVA test; CMRI = cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; ECHO = trans-thoracic echocardiography; Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation or number (%); EF = Ejection Fraction
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