Impact of a training program incorporating cardiac magnetic resonance imaging on the accuracy and reproducibility of two-dimensional echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction

Table 5 Effect of training to specific groups

	Expert	Novice	p	Active	Inactive	p	Practiced	Not practiced	p
CP
Protocol 1
EDV	0.45	0.45	0.892	0.37	0.52	0.013*	0.54	0.37	0.005*
ESV	0.59	0.56	0.588	0.51	0.63	0.030*	0.66	0.50	0.002*
EF	0.51	0.57	0.337	0.53	0.55	0.771	0.58	0.50	0.174
Protocol 2
EDV	0.54	0.53	0.644	0.54	0.53	0.640	0.54	0.54	0.956
ESV	0.69	0.69	0.898	0.67	0.70	0.446	0.71	0.67	0.264
EF	0.77	0.77	0.978	0.74	0.79	0.176	0.78	0.75	0.334
ΔEDV	0.09	0.08	0.939	0.18	0.01	0.019*	0.00	0.17	0.018*
ΔESV	0.10	0.13	0.667	0.16	0.07	0.123	0.05	0.17	0.030*
ΔEF	0.25	0.20	0.334	0.21	0.24	0.686	0.20	0.25	0.401
CV (%)
Protocol 1
EDV	17.1	18.7	0.084	19.5	15.7	< 0.001*	13.3	19.7	< 0.001*
ESV	23.6	26.0	0.135	28.2	21.5	< 0.001*	15.4	14.9	0.460
EF	13.9	13.1	0.492	12.9	13.9	0.221	14.7	11.7	0.010*
Protocol 2
EDV	14.1	15.9	0.025*	13.5	14.1	0.431	13.6	16.1	0.003*
ESV	18.8	22.2	0.002*	19.5	19.3	0.806	18.7	21.9	0.009*
EF	15.5	15.2	0.658	14.8	15.4	0.462	15.4	14.9	0.460

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