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Apical rotation as an early indicator of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in acute anterior myocardial infarction: experimental study.

Savvas Toumanidis, Anna Kaladaridou, Dimitrios Bramos, Elias Skaltsiotes, John N Agrios, Nikolaos Vasiladiotis, Constantinos Pamboucas, George Kottis, Spyridon D. Moulopoulos

PubMed · 2014 · 17 citations · 27 references

Abstract

Apical rotation assessed by STE is a potential noninvasive early indicator of global LV systolic dysfunction in AMI and has a satisfactory association with LVEF. Its assessment could be valuable in clinical and research cardiology.

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