Prognostic impact of non-improvement of global longitudinal strain in patients with revascularized acute myocardial infarction.

ABSTRACT: Global longitudinal strain (GLS) is a more sensitive prognostic factor than left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in various cardiac diseases. Little is known about the clinical impact of GLS changes after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The present study aimed to explore if non-improvement of GLS after 3 months was associated with higher risk of subsequent composite cardiovascular events (CCVE). Patients with AMI were consecutively included at a secondary care center in Norway between April 2016 and July 2018 within 4 days following percutaneous coronary intervention. Echocardiography was performed at baseline and after 3 months. Patients were categorized with non-improvement (0 to - 100%) or improvement (0 to 100%) in GLS relative to the baseline value. Among 214 patients with mea

SUBMITTER: Otterstad JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8604850 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature