Left ventricular myocardial strain assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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Table 3 Basic parameters of CINE-balanced SSFP cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the study groups

	RA	CON
Heart cavity dimensions
Left atrium diameter (LA) [mm]	33.23 ± 5.07	33.66 ± 3.85
Aortic root diameter (Ao) [mm]	29.83 ± 3.83	32.39 ± 3.04
Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD) [mm]	55.74 ± 30.85	56.98 ± 7.81
Left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVESD) [mm]	33.02 ± 11.92	37.66 ± 9.82
Anterior intra-ventricular septum diastolic Diameter (aIVSDD) [mm]	9.28 ± 1.92	8.58 ± 1.43
Posterior wall diastolic diameter (PWDD) [mm]	8.55 ± 1.52	7.28 ± 1.19
Left ventricular mass (LVM) [g]	105.59 ± 23.86	114.59 ± 27.57
Left ventricular mass index (LVMI) [g/m²]	59.91 ± 11.80	60.12 ± 13.78
Left ventricular systolic function
End-diastolic volume index (EDVi) [ml/m²]	81.08 ± 19.24	84.24 ± 18.31
End-systolic volume index (ESVi) [ml/m²]	31.57 ± 12.17	33.55 ± 11.36
Stroke volume index (SVi) [ml/m²]	49.51 ± 11.44	57.29 ± 13.02
Ejection fraction (EF) [%]	63.62 ± 7.39	63.46 ± 5.28