Figure 5
Regional radial peak- and postsystolic Speckle Tracking Echocardiography (STE) strain in the anterior and posterior myocardial wall at baseline (A and B) and after left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion (C - F). Measurements were performed with nine different combinations of spatial and temporal smoothing created by setting these parameters in turn to minimum, factory default and maximum. Mean values of seven animals, error bars represent SEM. Ps, Pt and Pi as defined in Figure 4.