Lin, Lung-ChunLung-ChunLinYI-LWUN HOKao S.-L.CHAU-CHUNG WULiau C.-S.Lee Y.-T.2020-03-042020-03-0420000301-5629https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0034112040&doi=10.1016%2fS0301-5629%2899%2900131-3&partnerID=40&md5=fa1bf589c81769c685319fd0ef58d963https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/469853The abnormal spatial distribution of intraventricular flow is superior to clinical and two-dimensional (2-D) echocardiographic variables in predicting left ventricular thrombosis after myocardial infarction. Echocardiography was prospectively performed in 79 patients within 72 h after anterior wall myocardial infarction onset and repeated before discharge. The apical rotating flow pattern in color flow map was recognized as abnormal. By power Doppler echocardiography, the moving blood could generate speckle tracking images to delineate the intraventricular flow. A swirling flow pattern indicating the compartmentalization of left ventricular blood flow with some blood stagnant in the apical dyssynergic area was identified. The flow pattern shown by the speckle tracking image was superior to the color- flow map in correlating with left ventricular thrombosis. It implicated that the more the detail in which we can describe the blood flow pathway, the more information we can realize. (C) 2000 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.The abnormal spatial distribution of intraventricular flow is superior to clinical and two-dimensional (2-D) echocardiographic variables in predicting left ventricular thrombosis after myocardial infarction. Echocardiography was prospectively performed in 79 patients within 72 h after anterior wall myocardial infarction onset and repeated before discharge. The apical rotating flow pattern in color flow map was recognized as abnormal. By power Doppler echocardiography, the moving blood could generate speckle tracking images to delineate the intraventricular flow. A swirling flow pattern indicating the compartmentalization of left ventricular blood flow with some blood stagnant in the apical dyssynergic area was identified. The flow pattern shown by the speckle tracking image was superior to the color-flow map in correlating with left ventricular thrombosis. It implicated that the more the detail in which we can describe the blood flow pathway, the more information we can realize.[SDGs]SDG3Cardiovascular system; Hemodynamics; Patient rehabilitation; Risk assessment; Speckle; Anterior myocardial infarction; Color flow mapping; Left ventricular thrombosis; Power motion imaging; Speckle tracking image; Echocardiography; adult; aged; article; color ultrasound flowmetry; diagnostic accuracy; Doppler echocardiography; embolism; heart infarction; human; image quality; major clinical study; prediction; priority journal; thrombosis; thrombus; two dimensional echocardiography; Adult; Aged; Blood Flow Velocity; Diagnosis, Differential; Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed; Female; Heart Catheterization; Heart Diseases; Heart Ventricles; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction; Odds Ratio; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Reproducibility of Results; Thrombosis; Ventricular Pressurejournal article10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00131-3107229242-s2.0-0034112040