Figure 5From: Subendocardial contractile impairment in chronic ischemic myocardium: assessment by strain analysis of 3T tagged CMRComparison of subendocardial and epicardial circumferential strain (C-strain) in controls and patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Bars and horizontal lines indicate means and standard deviations. In controls and patients with CAD, subendocardial C-strain was significantly greater than epicardial C-strain (*p < 0.0005).Back to article page