Table 6: Extent of the artifacts caused by the IPG and size of the artifacts caused by the leads


Cine BBT2WI LGE
IPG 87.7 ± 43.5 49.7 ± 27.4 47.1 ± 20.3
Leads 15.4 ± 6.1 9.6 ± 4.0 14.2 ± 2.7

Mean ± SD (mm)

*Cine: short-axis cine images

*BBT2WI: short-axis fat-suppressed black blood T2-weighted images

*LGE: short-axis late gadolinium enhancement images