Predicting left ventricular function recovery after reperfusion in ST elevation myocardial infarction: can we balance cost and accuracy?

Echocardiography. 2015 Apr;32(4):613-4. doi: 10.1111/echo.12776. Epub 2014 Nov 24.

Authors

Santhosh K G Koshy¹, Lekha K George

Affiliation

¹ Regional One Health, Memphis, Tennessee; University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee.

PMID: 25418115
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12776

No abstract available

Keywords: echocardiography; left ventricle; myocardial infarction; myocardial strain; strain imaging; systolic function.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Coronary Vessels / physiopathology*
Elasticity Imaging Techniques / methods*
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology*