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Transthoracic echocardiography on day 1 (a) Apical four-chamber view during diastole, (b) Apical four-chamber view during systole (There is global hypokinesia with severely impaired thickening of the left ventricular wall in systole)
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Initial transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed a normal sized left ventricle (left-ventricular end-diastolic diameter: 48 mm, left-ventricular end-diastolic volume: 103 mL) with global hypokinesia and severely decreased left-ventricular systolic function [left-ventricular ejection fraction: 16%; [Figure 1a and b].
Transthoracic echocardiography on day 10 (a) Apical four-chamber view during diastole, (b) Apical four-chamber view during systole. There is a normal thickening of the left ventricular wall in systole
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Left-ventricular ejection fraction was now recovered to a normal value of 60% [Figure 2a and b].