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Table 1 Distribution of diagnoses and their characteristics

From: Limitations of cardiothoracic ratio derived from chest radiographs to predict real heart size: comparison with magnetic resonance imaging

Pathology

Cases (%)

Normal: increased CTR

♀:♂

Ischaemic heart disease

114 (36.9)

77:37

25:89

Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy

67 (21.7)

32:35

23:44

Myocarditis/pericarditis

22 (7.1)

14:8

7:15

Heart failure/LV dysfunction

12 (3.9)

9:3

4:8

Valvulopathy

22 (7.1)

13:9

12:10

Congenital heart disease

6 (1.9)

1:5

1:5

 ≥ 2 pathologies

21 (6.8)

14:7

4:17

Normal/screening

25 (8.1)

22:3

12:13

Other

20 (6.8)

12:8

6:14