Table 2 Patient characteristics.

From: Evaluation of the second-generation whole-heart motion correction algorithm (SSF2) used to demonstrate the aortic annulus on cardiac CT

 

Overall

Patients with low HR (< 60 bpm)

Patients with intermediate HR (60–69 bpm)

Patients with high HR (> 70 bpm)

Number of patients

90

30

30

30

Age (years)

84 (70–95)

85 (70–95)

84 (70–91)

84 (74–94)

Male, n (%)

33 (37%)

14 (42%)

11 (33%)

8 (25%)

Height (cm)

151 (130–169)

153 (137–167)

149 (130–169)

150 (135–169)

Body weight (kg)

51 (33–76)

50 (33–68)

53 (33–73)

52 (35–76)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.4 (13.6–36.9)

21.7 (13.6–26.6)

22.9 (15.5–36.9)

22.7 (15.8–34.6)

estimated glomerular filtration rate (ml/min/1.73 m2)

51.0 (30.3–115.5)

46.9 (30.3–115.5)

50.6 (31.3–87.3)

52.9 (31.0–82.8)

Heart rate during the scan (beats/min)

64 (34–119)

53 (34–59)

64 (60–69)

80 (70–119)

No. of patients with arrhythmias during the scan, n (%)

20 (22%)

6 (30%)

3 (15%)

11 (55%)

 Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

19 (21%)

6 (31%)

3 (16%)

10 (53%)

 Premature atrial contraction, n (%)

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

No. of patients using propranolol hydrochloride, n (%)

69 (77%)

17 (25%)

23 (33%)

29 (42%)

  1. Values are the median (range) or the number of patients (%).
  2. Propranolol hydrochloride was administered to reduce the heart rate before imaging.