Nonuniformity of transmural myocardial velocities in differentiating transmural from nontransmural infarction by tissue Doppler imaging

The present work aims to study myocardial velocities in subendocardial and epicardial layers of the infarct segments by pulsed wave (PW), and tissue Doppler echocardiography in order to investigate the value of systolic and diastolic myocardial velocity gradient in distinguishing transmural myocardial infarctions from nontransmural one.