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AIMS To assess the feasibility of feature tracking (FT)-measured systolic strain post acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and compare strain values to those obtained with tagging. METHODS Cardiovascular MRI at 1.5T was performed in 24 patients, 2.2 days post STEMI. Global and segmental circumferential (Ecc) and longitudinal (Ell) strain were assessed using FT and tagging,...

There is limited information on correlates of left ventricular wall motion (WM) abnormalities in ambulatory patients with hypertension and ECG left ventricular hypertrophy by Cornell voltage-duration product and/or Sokolow-Lyon voltage criteria. Therefore, we assessed the prevalence and the correlates of echocardiographic global and segmental left ventricular WM abnormalities in 942 hypertensiv...

There is limited information on correlates of left ventricular wall motion (WM) abnormalities in ambulatory patients with hypertension and ECG left ventricular hypertrophy by Cornell voltage-duration product and/or Sokolow-Lyon voltage criteria. Therefore, we assessed the prevalence and the correlates of echocardiographic global and segmental left ventricular WM abnormalities in 942 hypertensiv...

In order to determine the severity of contraction abnormalities in acute myocardial infarction and their response to sublingual nitroglycerin, 23 patients were studied by radionuclide angiography within 6-24 hours after the onset of chest pain. Radionuclide angiograms were obtained in the right anterior oblique projection before and after nitroglycerin and segmental shortening was determined us...

The purpose of the study was to examine whether the prolonged administration of the 3,-adrenoceptor partial agonist xamoterol could improve left ventricular diastolic function and affect the global remodeling process of the left ventricle after anterior myocardial infarction. In 22 patients with anterior myocardial infarction and single-vessel disease, left ventricular angiography (+ Millar) wa...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to investigate whether strain Doppler echocardiography performed immediately after revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention could predict the extent of myocardial scar, determined by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). BACKGROUND There is considerable variability in survival rate after percutaneous coronary intervention...