Serial speckle tracking and successful post-STEMI percutaneous coronary intervention: incremental value versus visual

Vincenzo Schiano Lomoriello1, Maurizio Galderisi, Antonio Rapacciuolo

  • 1Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy.

Summary

Speckle tracking echocardiography quantifies myocardial damage in acute coronary syndromes. This method detects subtle changes in heart muscle function not visible with standard wall motion analysis.