Longitudinal strain in remote non-infarcted myocardium by tissue tracking CMR: characterization, dynamics, structural and prognostic implications.
Jose GavaraJose F Rodriguez-PalomaresCesar Rios-NavarroFilipa ValenteJose V MonmeneuMaria P Lopez-LereuIgnacio Ferreira-GonzalezBruno Garcia Del BlancoImanol OtaeguiJoaquim CanovesElena de DiosNerea PerezPaolo RacugnoClara BonanadGema MinanaVictor MarcosJose A BarrabesArturo EvangelistaDavid MoratalAntoni Bayes-GenisJulio NunezFrancisco J ChorroVicente BodiPublished in: The international journal of cardiovascular imaging (2020)
After STEMI, reduced RNM-LS by TT-CMR is common and is associated with more severe short- and long-term structural damage. There is a beneficial tendency towards recovery of RNM-LS that parallels late recovery of LVEF. More events occur in patients with reduced RNM-LS.