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Figure 3 | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Figure 3

From: Three-dimensional mapping of mechanical activation patterns, contractile dyssynchrony and dyscoordination by two-dimensional strain echocardiography: Rationale and design of a novel software toolbox

Figure 3

Global strain plot in a patient with LBBB (left) and in a normal individual. All 36 separate tracings are displayed as well as the average shortening curve representing global ventricular longitudinal shortening (thick yellow curve). Timing event markers are indicated in vertical dashed lines with MVC: mitral valve closure, AVO: aortic valve opening, AVC: aortic valve closure, MVO: mitral valve opening, and AWO: onset of mitral flow A-wave. Note the highly variable timing, shape and amplitude of the segmental deformation curves in this patient with LBBB (left) compared to the normal pattern (right).

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound

ISSN: 1476-7120

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