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Figure 1 Parasternal long axis (left upper panel), short axis at the base and midventricle (middle and right upper panels) and apical views (lower panels) showing location of measurements of end-diastolic wall thickness (EDWT) in the various myocardial segments (see text) in a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy evaluated for myocardial viability. The inferior septum (at the base and midventricle) was not measured separately for the purposes of matching segments with Tl-201 scintigraphy. Parasternal windows usually provided a better resolution of basal and midventricular segments, whereas the apical windows allowed measurements of apical segments, in addition to others. As can be seen, EDWT of the apex was the most difficult to measure (see text) and was not recorded in this patient.
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