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Table 3 Regional analysis of wall motion score index

From: Longitudinal peak strain detects a smaller risk area than visual assessment of wall motion in acute myocardial infarction

  

Transmurality post-PCI

 
  

Normal (<1%)

1-24%

25-50%

>50%

p-value*

n = number of walls

 

50

28

11

15

 

Transmurality (%; mean)

      

   Postop

n = 104

0.0 ± 0.1

9.4 ± 6.5

36.3 ± 7.4

64.7 ± 9.9

-

WMSI (mean ± SD)

      

   Preop

n = 102

1.3 ± 0.4

1.7 ± 0.3

1.9 ± 0.2

2.2 ± 0.5

p < 0.001

   Postop

n = 104

1.2 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.4

1.6 ± 0.3

1.9 ± 0.2

p < 0.001

   Δ

n = 102

-0.1 ± 0.4

-0.3 ± 0.4

-0.3 ± 0.4

-0.3 ± 0.6

0.330

Strain (mean ± SD)

      

   Preop

n = 102

-15.3 ± 4.9

-10.5 ± 3.6

-10.9 ± 4.5

-8.4 ± 6.3

p < 0.001

   Postop

n = 104

-17.3 ± 4.7

-14.3 ± 4.2

-14.9 ± 4.1

-12.3 ± 4.2

p < 0.001

   Δ

n = 102

-2.0 ± 5.8

-4.2 ± 4.6

-4.0 ± 3.7

-4.0 ± 5.0

0.205

MAM (mm; mean ± SD)

      

   Preop

n = 98

11.4 ± 2.9

9.4 ± 2.9

10.7 ± 3.0

9.3 ± 2.9

0.027

   Postop

n = 103

12.2 ± 2.6

10.1 ± 2.1

11.6 ± 2.1

9.2 ± 2.0

p < 0.001

   Δ

n = 97

0.8 ± 2.9

0.6 ± 2.8

1.4 ± 3.0

0.2 ± 2.2

0.706

  1. Regional (septal, anterior, lateral and inferior wall) analysis of wall motion score index (WMSI), strain (ε) and mitral annulus movement pre and post PCI calculated for the different outcomes of postoperative transmurality.
  2. Footnotes: *; significance levels for the difference between normal (<1%) and >50% transmurality