Usefulness of echocardiographic myocardial work in evaluating the microvascular perfusion in STEMI patients after revascularization

Abstract Background Left ventricular myocardial work (MW) assessed by echocardiography has recently been introduced as a new index of global and regional myocardial performance. The presence of microvascular obstruction after revascularization in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) pa...

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Main Authors: Wenying Jin, Lan Wang, Tiangang Zhu, Yuliang Ma, Chao Yu, Feng Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-022-02648-z