Myocardial infarction damage extending to remote regions of the ventricle could improve cardiac deterioration detection

A study provides significant evidence in the field of advanced cardiac imaging and clinical cardiology.

It shows that the damage resulting from a myocardial infarction is not confined solely to the affected area, but may also extend functionally to remote regions of the ventricle.

Identifying this dysfunction could have important implications, including improved prognostic assessment of patients, earlier detection of cardiac deterioration before symptoms or more evident changes appear, and the implementation of earlier and more personalized therapeutic strategies.

The study was conducted by the INCLIVA Health Research Institute, the Clinical University Hospital of València, the University of Valencia (UV), the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Cardiac Imaging Unit of Ascires Biomédico Group, and the Ascires-UPV Joint Research Unit. ...