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Table 4 Segmental wall thickening (%) in the sub-acute and chronic phases after STEMI

From: Evolution of left ventricular function among subjects with ST-elevation myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention

Segment

Anterior

Anteroseptal

Inferoseptal

Inferior

Inferolateral

Anterolateral

Controls

(n = 20)

71 ± 25

65 ± 22

59 ± 18

72 ± 22

79 ± 30

75 ± 25

LAD

Sub-acute

(n = 28)

I

27 ± 17***

I

18 ± 15***

A

31 ± 15***

R

53 ± 17**

R

54 ± 23**

A

42 ± 20***

LAD

Chronic

(n = 28)

I

47 ± 34*,††

I

42 ± 27*,†††

A

46 ± 18*,†††

R

60 ± 15*

R

62 ± 16*

A

53 ± 24**,††

RCA

Sub-acute

(n = 39)

R

70 ± 21

A

64 ± 19

I

40 ± 13***

I

34 ± 18***

A

47 ± 21***

R

56 ± 21**

RCA

Chronic

(n = 39)

R

71 ± 20

A

64 ± 20

I

43 ± 18**

I

46 ± 23***,†††

A

58 ± 24**,†††

R

63 ± 20†

LCx

Sub-acute

(n = 10)

A

63 ± 21

R

63 ± 12

R

51 ± 15

A

37 ± 20***

I

36 ± 20***

I

46 ± 19**

LCx

Chronic

(n = 9)

A

89 ± 21†

R

80 ± 11†

R

54 ± 13

A

56 ± 14††

I

51 ± 22*

I

60 ± 21

  1. LAD = left anterior descending RCA = right coronary artery. LCx = left circumflex artery
  2. I = infarcted. A = adjacent. R = remote
  3. Comparison between patients and controls * = p < 0.05 ** = p < 0.01 *** = p < 0.001
  4. Comparison between sub-acute and chronic phase † = p < 0.05 †† = p < 0.01††† p = < 0.001