Why the study?
Does myocardial strain rate imaging accurately quantify regional myocardial contraction compared to visual assessment in patients with and without wall motion abnormalities?
Does myocardial strain rate imaging accurately quantify regional myocardial contraction compared to visual assessment in patients with and without wall motion abnormalities?
Myocardial strain rate imaging provides a quantitative and objective method to assess regional left ventricular wall motion, correlating well with traditional visual assessment.
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May support objective quantification of regional wall motion; leaves open prospective outcome validation before clinical use.
Nakatani et al. (2003) studied this question.
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