Fig. 2

Strain and non-infarct related late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) analysis by segments: Segments of controls showed the highest longitudinal and circumferential strain values, followed by segments of patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy without non-infarct related LGE and then by segments of patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy with non-infarct related LGE (a, b). For segmental analysis, the standard deviations of mean segmental strain values are provided. The corresponding polar maps of regional strain values in healthy subjects and in segments of patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy without and with LGE, as well as logistic regression analysis for the ability of mean longitudinal and circumferential segmental strain to predict the presence of non-infarct related LGE in a given myocardial segment, are provided in c, d