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Table 2 Predictors of stress myocardial blood flow (stress MBF) in the LIMA–LAD territory

From: Use of quantitative cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial perfusion mapping for characterization of ischemia in patients with left internal mammary coronary artery bypass grafts

Independent variables Univariate predictors Multivariate predictors
B 95% CI p value B 95% CI p value
Age − 0.02 − 0.04 to (− 0.001) 0.042 − 0.15 − 0.03 to 0.003 0.097
Native LAD occlusion − 0.47 − 0.79 to (− 0.15) 0.005 − 0.41 − 0.73 to (− 0.09) 0.014
LVEF − 0.02 − 0.04 to 0.04 0.118 − 0.02 − 0.04 to (− 0.005) 0.014
Diabetes − 0.18 − 0.53 to 0.18 0.320 − 0.18 − 0.49 to 0.14 0.261
LVMI − 0.01 − 0.02 to 0.01 0.177  
Sex (Male) − 0.31 − 0.83 to 0.21 0.236
Beta-blockers 0.30 − 0.016 to 0.76 0.193
  1. LIMA–LAD territory (average of stress MBF in myocardial segments 1,2,7,8,13,14)
  2. Bold p-values are statistically significant
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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

ISSN: 1532-429X

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