Early Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Diseases in Workers: Role of Standard and Advanced Echocardiography

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A 43-year-old male patient with anteroapical myocardial infarction. Subsequent stent implantation in the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery and medical therapy. (a) Dilated left ventricle (LV) in long axis view. (b) Akinetic scarred septum (IVS) in M-mode representation. (c) Dilated LV in apical 4-chamber view with mitral valve (MV) regurgitation. (d) White scarred segments compared to red normokinetic segments in the “bull’s-eye” plot by speckle-tracking echocardiography. Strain curves show reduction of anteroapical longitudinal strain. Ao = aorta; LA = left atrium; PW = LV posterior wall.

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