Abstract: The assessment of regional heart wall motion (local strain) can localize ischemic myocardial disease, evaluate myocardial viability, and identify impaired cardiac function due to hypertrophic or ...

Abstract: Table 1 of the original manuscript contained typographical errors, with the column labels for each data set being reversed. The labels should read as “Endo” and “Epi,” respectively, for each ...

Abstract: Atherosclerotic plaque rupture is responsible for the majority of myocardial infarctions and acute coronary syndromes. Rupture is initiated by mechanical failure of the plaque cap, and thus study ...