Value of Two‐Dimensional Longitudinal Strains Analysis to Assess the Impact of Thrombus Aspiration during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Left Ventricular Function: A Speckle Tracking Imaging Substudy of the EXPIRA Trial

Thrombectomy during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (Th‐PCI) improves myocardial reperfusion in the absence of significant changes, in the acute phase, in traditional two‐dimensional (2D) echo indexes of left ventricular (LV) function. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of 2D speckle tracking echocardiography (2DSTE) analysis in assessing the efficacy of thrombectomy as compared to standard 2D echo and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) data.

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