Table 4 Comparison of Pectoral Muscle Parameters for Patients Dead or Alive at 1 and 3 Years Post LVAD Implantation

Dead (n = 21)

Alive (n = 35)

Variable

Mean

Mean

Student's t

p-value

PMI

4.873

4.626

 − 0.54

0.59

Pectoralis Major area

11.235

10.669

 − 0.52

0.61

Pectoralis Minor area

3.808

3.653

 − 0.35

0.73

HU Pectoralis Major

36.238

40.800

1.08

0.29

HU Pectoralis Minor

33.429

38.943

1.26

0.22

Variable

Mean

Mean

Student's t

p-value

PMI

4.833

4.714

 − 0.26

0.80

Pectoralis Major area

11.194

10.873

 − 0.28

0.78

Pectoralis Minor area

3.724

3.655

 − 0.15

0.89

HU Pectoralis Major

36.750

40.077

0.75

0.46

HU Pectoralis Minor

33.083

38.769

1.19

0.24