FIGURE 1 Myocardial contrast echocardiograms in a patient with reperfused anterior myocardial infarction.
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No-reflow phenomenon and prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Hiroshi Ito
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Figure 1. Myocardial contrast echocardiograms in a patient with reperfused anterior myocardial infarction.
These end-systolic myocardial contrast echocardiograms show the apical four-chamber view in a patient with anterior myocardial infarction. (A) After the intravenous injection of a microbubble contrast medium, the mid-ventricular to distal ventricular septum and apical segment show contrast perfusion defects, indicating the no-reflow phenomenon. (B) After the quantitative analysis with commercially available software (VoluMap-445, Ikoma, Japan), the contrast defect area is represented as the area of low myocardial blood volume fraction (blue colors, estimated myocardial blood volume <1.586 ml/100g myocardium).
