Successful ECMO-cardiopulmonary resuscitation with the associated post-arrest cardiac dysfunction as demonstrated by MRI

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Table 4 Cardiac MRI measurements

Variable	Baseline	Post-arrest	MD (95 % CI)	p value
HR_MRI beats/min	83 ± 19	153 ± 32	70 (36 103)	p = 0.002
CO_phase l/min	4.5 ± 0.6	3.8 ± 0.9	−0.7 (−1.7 0.3)	p = 0.12
SV_phase ml	56 ± 9	26 ± 9	−29 (−41–18)	p < 0.001
EDV ml	100 ± 10	92 ± 15	−8.9 (−25 7)	p = 0.22
ESV ml	39 ± 5	61 ± 15	23 (10 35)	p = 0.003
Wall thickening septum %	56 ± 18	17 ± 11	−39 (−53–25)	p < 0.001
Wall thickening lat %	59 ± 31	22 ± 10	−37 (−65–9)	p = 0.016
MAPSEantsept mm	10 ± 2	4 ± 1	−6 (−7 -4)	p < 0.001
MAPSEpostlat mm	15 ± 1	8 ± 2	−7 (−9 -5)	p < 0.001

HR _MRI heart rate during MRI, CO _phase and SV _phase cardiac output and stroke volume by cardiac MRI phase-contrast technique, EDV end-diastolic volume, ESV end-systolic volume, Wall thickening _septum and Wall thickening _lat mid left ventricular radial wall thickening in septum and lateral wall, MAPSE _antsept and MAPSE _postlat mitral annular plane systolic excursion measured anteroseptally and posterolaterally
Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. MD mean difference, CI confidence interval; significance level p ≤ 0.05