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Table 2 Ventricular Blood pool T1 and T2 in patients with PH and the normal control

From: Right and left ventricular blood pool T2 ratio on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging correlates with hemodynamics in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Ventricular blood pool T1/T2 mapping

PH group (n = 42)

Control group (n = 40)

t (p)

RV T1 (ms)

1494.21 ± 102.50

1504.20 ± 58.05

0.539 (0.591)

LV T1 (ms)

1489.67 ± 107.32

1559.50 ± 56.93

3.654 (< 0.001)*

RVT1/LVT1 ratio

0.99 ± 0.04

0.96 ± 0.03

4.018 (< 0.001)*

RV T2 (ms)

116.43 ± 20.85

142.09 ± 15.13

6.263 (< 0.001)*

LV T2 (ms)

162.50 ± 25.01

167.84 ± 23.15

0.985 (0.328)

RVT2/LVT2 ratio

0.74 ± 0.16

0.86 ± 0.13

3.547 (= 0.001)*

  1. PH Pulmonary hypertension, RV Right ventricular, LV Left ventricular
  2. *p <  = 0.001