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Myocardial wall thickness predicts recovery of contractile function after primary coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction

Elena Biagini, MD^*, Tjebbe W. Galema, MD^*, Arend F. L. Schinkel, MD^*, Willem B. Vletter, MSc^*, Jos R. T. C. Roelandt, MD^* and Folkert J. Ten Cate, MD^*,*

^* Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Institute of Cardiology, S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Relation between improvement of left ventricular contractile function and end-diastolic wall thickness (EDWT).

View larger version (118K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Two-dimensional echocardiograms showing end-diastolic wall thickness (upper panels) and perfusion (lower panels) in an infarcted region directly after percutaneous coronary intervention (left panels), and after recovery at two months' follow-up (right panels). IVS = interventricular septum; LV = left ventricle.

View larger version (127K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Two-dimensional echocardiograms showing end-diastolic wall thickness (upper panels) and perfusion (lower panels) in a patient directly after percutaneous coronary intervention (left panels) and at two months' follow-up (right panels), in a case where regional function did not recover. IVS = interventricular septum; LV = left ventricle.