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Figure LegendsFigure 1. Study protocol Figure 2. Contouring of left ventricle by speckle tracking echocardiography. LV=left Ventricle, LA=Left Atrium, RV=Right Ventricle,RA= Right Atrium Figure 3. A: Normal strain values and no PSS in 4ch view. B and C: Strain analysis indicates significant PSS in basal inferior and basal posterior wall. D: Normal strain values in bulls eye image. E: Coronary angiography showed that diffuse atherosclerosis and severe occlusion before the bifurcation in the RCA, RCA=Right Coronary Artery