For patients who experience myocardial infarction, an assessment of left ventricle function (LV) is recommended because depressed LV function will influence pharmacological therapies and may increase risk of sudden cardiac death requiring additional intervention. To best manage patients post-infarct, echocardiography rather than ventriculography is often preferred assessment of LV function.22
Vivid scanners offer AFI2.0 with fully automatic recognition of the apical imaging views and measurements of GLS and Peak Strain Dispersion (also known as mechanical dispersion). Mechanical Dispersion has shown to have value to predict risk of arrhythmias in post-MI patients23 .