Fig. 3: The reduction in longitudinal strain was more prominent in the subepicardial layer than in the subendocardial layer of the myocardium (***P  < 0.001 vs. control). | Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Fig. 3: The reduction in longitudinal strain was more prominent in the subepicardial layer than in the subendocardial layer of the myocardium (***P  < 0.001 vs. control).

From: Widespread myocardial dysfunction in COVID-19 patients detected by myocardial strain imaging using 2-D speckle-tracking echocardiography

Fig. 3

GLSs global longitudinal strains, Endo subendocardium, Epi subepicardium, Epi/Endo the ratio of longitudinal strains of the subepicardial layer to longitudinal strains of the subendocardial layer.

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