A Comparison between Gadofosveset Trisodium and Gadobenate Dimeglumine for Steady State MRA of the Thoracic Vasculature

Table 2

Mean SNR and standard deviation (SD) in different vascular structures for gadofosveset and gadobenate cohorts with 𝑃-values and 95% confidence intervals.

	Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)			95% confidence; interval	𝑃-value
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Difference
	Gadofosveset	Gadobenate
RA	16.3 (3.7)	18.1 (4.0)	1.8	(−0.6, 4.3)	0.14
LV	17.9 (5.6)	19.0 (4.5)	1.0	(−2.2, 4.3)	0.52
LA	14.9 (3.3)	16.5 (4.0)	1.7	(−0.7, 4.0)	0.17
As Ao	13.5 (3.2)	13.3 (3.4)	−0.2	(−2.3, 1.9)	0.85
Desc Ao	15.9 (4.0)	14.8 (3.7)	−1.1	(−3.6, 1.3)	0.35
RPA	15.3 (3.4)	14.7 (3.3)	−0.5	(−2.7, 1.6)	0.62

Right atrium (RA), left ventricle (LV), left atrium (LA), ascending aorta (As Ao), descending aorta (Desc Ao), and right pulmonary artery (RPA). See also Figure 3.