Table 2.

3D Regional strain [%] at baseline and post-MI time points

		Healthy	Remote	Adjacent	Infarct
Directional strains	Ecc
	Baseline	−19.6 ± 3.7
	Early		−21.0 ± 5.5	−10.8 ± 8.8*†	−3.9 ± 3.7*†‡
	Late		−20.1 ± 5.1	−11.8 ± 4.7*†	−2.5 ± 4.1*†‡
	Err
	Baseline	16.4 ± 3.3
	Early		16.1 ± 4.7	8.8 ± 5.2*†	5.1 ± 5.1*†
	Late		16.8 ± 3.9	7.3 ± 4.8*†	1.6 ± 3.2*†‡
	Ell
	Baseline	−21.7 ± 6.7
	Early		−20.3 ± 5.8	−10.9 ± 6.1*†	−8.2 ± 4.2*†
	Late		−19.1 ± 7.4	−10.0 ± 5.1*†	−4.3 ± 5.8*†
Principal strains	E1
	Baseline	24.3 ± 7.7
	Early		28.1 ± 6.8	19.2 ± 6.1*†	15.5 ± 2.0*†
	Late		26.8 ± 7.0	17.3 ± 5.6*†	12.8 ± 4.3*†
	E2
	Baseline	−13.1 ± 3.1
	Early		−12.9 ± 3.5	−7.3 ± 3.9*†	−3.3 ± 2.7*†‡
	Late		−12.0 ± 4.3	−6.8 ± 3.3*†	−3.4 ± 2.8*†‡
	E3
	Baseline	−25.7 ± 4.6
	Early		−27.8 ± 4.2	−20.3 ± 4.4*†	−12.8 ± 2.4*†‡
	Late		−26.0 ± 6.1	−20.3 ± 3.3*†	−13.9 ± 2.7*†‡

Values are mean±SD. *p < 0.05 vs. healthy; †p < 0.05 vs. remote; ‡p < 0.05 vs. adjacent.