Table 2 The effect of microvascular obstruction (MVO) on infarct and remote zone strain
Infarct zone circumferential strain (%) | Remote zone circumferential strain (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 week | 6 months | MD [95% CI] | P-value* | 1 week | 6 months | MD [95% CI] | P-value* | |
MVO (N = 117) | − 5.1 ± 8.8 | −11.2 ± 7.8 | −6.2 [− 7.7 to − 4.7] | < 0.001 | − 19.3 ± 7.0 | − 19.2 ± 3.8 | 0.1 [− 1.0 to 1.3] | 0.828 |
No MVO (N = 73) | −14.2 ± 6.1 | − 19.5 ± 5.1 | − 5.3 [− 6.5 to − 4.1] | < 0.001 | − 19.7 ± 3.4 | −19.2 ± 4.2 | 0.5 [− 0.5 to 1.5] | 0.313 |
MD [95% CI] | 9.2 [6.9 to 11.5] | 8.3 [6.5 to 10.2] | 0.4 [−1.4 to 2.1] | 0.0 [−1.2 to 1.1] | ||||
P-value† | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.677 | 0.981 | ||||