Radial Strain: Harbinger of Good News.

Introduction: We report the case of a 58-year-old woman with intracranial hemorrhage associated with stress-induced cardiomyopathy.

Results: Left ventricular dysfunction was confined to midventricular segments, and manifested with transient anterolateral wall aneurysm. Although wall motion was severely impaired in the mid-segments, an almost preserved global midventricular radial strain forecasted rapid improvement of ventricular function.

Conclusions: This case highlights how deformation imaging can help in clinical practice to interpret the subtle signs of recovery from left ventricular dysfunction.