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Clinical Manual and Review of Transesophageal Echocardiography, 2e

Appendix B. Wall Motion and Coronary Perfusion

Seventeen-Segment Model of the Left Ventricle

Coronary Perfusion in the Long-Axis Views

Coronary Perfusion in the Short-Axis Views

Scoring of Wall Motion Abnormalities

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Grade

Wall Thickening (%)

Radial Shorteninga (%)

1 = Normal

>30

>30

2 = Mild hypokinesis

10-30

10-30

3 = Severe hypokinesis

<10

<10

4 = Akinesis

None

None

5 = Dyskinesis

Systolic thinning

Systolic increase in radius

aRadial shortening is defined as the percent shortening of an imaginary radius from the endocardial border to the center of the left ventricle

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