TABLE 3. Baseline Echocardiographic Findings

Total (n=140)*ERV (n=53)IMS (n=87)
WMS indicates wall-motion score.
*Minimum total sample size=95 because of parameters that could not be assessed.
P=0.004 for LV thrombus; no other findings in table differed significantly by treatment assignment.
LV end-diastolic volume, mL114±43123±48109±39
LV end-systolic volume, mL81±3687±3977±34
LVEF, %30.6±11.330.4±12.130.7±10.9
Diastolic sphericity index0.50±0.090.51±0.090.49±0.09
Systolic sphericity index0.46±0.110.46±0.100.46±0.11
RV area change, %33.1±14.534.3±13.432.2±15.3
LV thrombus, %16.82.825.4
MR grade1.3±0.91.4±0.91.3±1.0
MR <2, %60.959.162.0
MR ≥2, %39.140.938.0
Total WMS37.5±11.238.4±9.836.9±12.1
WMS index (total/No. of segments)2.1±0.42.2±0.52.1±0.4
WMS index, infarct zone2.6±0.32.6±0.32.6±0.3
WMS index, remote zone0.9±0.30.9±0.30.9±0.3
Remote zone hyperkinesis, %36.631.739.4