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We aimed to investigate the association between EPI and LV thrombus as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We included 665 STEMI patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention from the MARINA-STEMI study. EPI was measured using transthoracic echocardiography at 3 (IQR 2\u20134) days post-STEMI and calculated as the ratio of the E-wave velocity-time integral to the LV end-diastolic length, measured in the apical four-chamber view. LV thrombus was evaluated with cardiac MRI at 4 (IQR 3\u20135) days post-STEMI. A total of 665 STEMI patients (17% female) with a median age of 58 [IQR 52\u201366] years were included. Patients with LV thrombus (n = 32, 5%) had a significantly lower EPI than those without (0.92 vs. 1.29, P &amp;lt; 0.001). EPI independently predicted LV thrombus with an adjusted odds ratio of 0.84 (95% CI 0.74\u20130.95; P = 0.007). The area under the curve for EPI in detecting LV thrombus was 0.73 (95% CI 0.64\u20130.82, P &amp;lt; 0.001). EPI of 0.95 emerged as best cut-off to identify patients at high risk of LV thrombus formation (15.9% thrombus rate in patients with EPI &amp;lt; 0.95 as compared to 2.5% in patients with EPI \u2265 0.95).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>EPI emerged as significant and independent predictor of LV thrombus formation in STEMI patients. 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