Usefulness of Myocardial Longitudinal Strain in Prediction of Heart Failure in Patients with Successfully Reperfused Anterior Wall ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Acute myocardial infarction-related heart failure (HF) is associated with poor outcome. This study was designed to investigate the usefulness of global longitudinal strain (GLS), global circumferential strain (GCS) and mean longitudinal strain of left anterior descending artery territory (LS_ant) measured by 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D STE) in prediction of acute anterior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (ant-STEMI)-related HF.

Methods

A total of 171 patients with ant-STEMI who underwent successful primary coronary intervention and had available 2D STE data were enrolled. Patients were divided into 3 groups: in-hospital HF, post-discharge HF, and no-HF groups.

Results

In-hospital and post-disch

SUBMITTER: Lee SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753029 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature