Table 5: Visual assessment scores for image quality in terms of the artifacts from the leads and IPG that impaired the ability to evaluate the signals inside the left ventricular walls in short-axis late gadolinium enhancement images


Anterior Septal Inferior Lateral
Basal 3.8 ± 0.4 3.4 ± 0.7 4.0 ± 0.1 3.8 ± 0.6
Mid 3.8 ± 0.4 3.7 ± 0.5 4.0 ± 0.1 3.9 ± 0.3
Apical 3.9 ± 0.3 3.9 ± 0.3 4.0 ± 0.0 4.0 ± 0.0

(Mean ± SD)