LGE+ (N = 23) | LGE- (N = 6) | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 63 ± 12 | 58 ± 9 | 0.35 |
Heart rate (beats per minute) | 82 ± 21 | 71 ± 28 | 0.26 |
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 117 ± 18 | 141 ± 39 | 0.2 |
Chemotherapy/Stem cell transplant (N/%) | 21 (91) | 6 (100) | 1.0 |
NYHA Heart Failure Class (N/%) | 0.19 | ||
I | 8 (35) | 5 (83) | |
II | 9 (39) | 1 (17) | |
III | 1 (4) | 0 | |
IV | 5 (22) | 0 | |
Laboratory | |||
Low voltage on ECG (N/%) | 15 (65) | 1 (17) | 0.06 |
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L) | 141 ± 151 | 75 ± 23 | 0.13 |
Troponin I (μg/L) | 0.51 ± 0.6 | 0.23 ± 0.3 | 0.33 |
MRI | |||
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) | 66 ± 17 | 69 ± 12 | 0.8 |
Anteroseptal thickness (mm) | 1.5 ± 0.4 | 1.12 ± 0.4 | 0.05 |
Inferolateral thickness (mm) | 1.3 ± 0.4 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.0003 |
Left ventricular mass index (g/m2) | 81 ± 30 | 61 ± 10 | 0.01 |