Table 2 Effect of gadolinium dose on ECV.

From: Cardiac stress T1-mapping response and extracellular volume stability of MOLLI-based T1-mapping methods

Variant

Half-Dose Gd

(mean ± SD)

Whole-Dose Gd

(mean ± SD)

P value§

ShMOLLI

29.10 ± 2.96

27.93 ± 2.79

0.06

MOLLI Low HR

30.84 ± 3.12*

27.83 ± 2.72†

 < 0.001

MOLLI High HR

30.00 ± 3.34†‡

26.89 ± 2.93†‡

 < 0.001

  1. * = P < 0.05 compared with ShMOLLI. † = P > 0.05 compared with ShMOLLI. ‡ = P > 0.05 compared with MOLLI Low HR. § = all P values reported at N = 44 samples (based on the maximum number of MOLLI samples per epoch) to assure fair inter-method comparison. ECV calculated as the cohort average per epoch.
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