Fig. 3

Longitudinal function. Regional atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPD, in millimeters) demonstrated for each culprit vessel. Upper panel presents results for controls and patients with infarction in left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) territory, middle panel controls and patients with infarction in the right coronary (RCA) and lower panel present results for controls and patients with infarction in the left circumflex (LCx) coronary artery territory. Bold blue lines represent controls, red lines patients 2–6 days after ST-elevation myocardial infarction and green lines patients 6 months after ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Comparison between chronic phase and controls: * = p < 0.05. ** = p < 0.01 *** = p < 0.001. Comparison between sub-acute and chronic phase: † = p < .05 †† = p < 0.01 ††† = p < 0.001