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- * We focused on the wall opposite to the damaged area of the heart, looking for a condition called compensatory hyperkinesis.
- * This compensatory hyperkinesis, defined as a significant thickening of the heart wall, was found to be a strong indicator (with an 85% positive predictive value) of having only one affected coronary artery.
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We assessed the contractility of the contralateral wall on 2-dimensional echocardiography in 50 patients with an initial ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction who underwent coronary angiography. Compensatory hyperkinesis, which we defined as a fractional thickening of >/=60% in the contralateral wall, was a strong predictor of single-vessel coronary artery disease, with a positive predictive value of 85%.
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