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. 2004 Jan 15;93(2):201-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.09.038.

Usefulness of compensatory hyperkinesis in the noninfarcted left ventricular wall in separating single from multivessel coronary artery disease in patients with initial ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction

Swaminatha V Gurudevan  1 , Ehtisham Mahmud, Daniel G Blanchard, G Monet Strachan, Teri Dittrich, Christopher Mathews, Anthony N DeMaria, Ajit B Raisinghani
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Usefulness of compensatory hyperkinesis in the noninfarcted left ventricular wall in separating single from multivessel coronary artery disease in patients with initial ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction

Swaminatha V Gurudevan et al. Am J Cardiol. .

Abstract

We assessed the contractility of the contralateral wall on 2-dimensional echocardiography in 50 patients with an initial ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction who underwent coronary angiography. Compensatory hyperkinesis, which we defined as a fractional thickening of >/=60% in the contralateral wall, was a strong predictor of single-vessel coronary artery disease, with a positive predictive value of 85%.

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