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.