Regional cardiac dysfunction and outcome in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, heart failure, or both after myocardial infarction
Wang N, Shah A, Querejeta G, Gupta D, Velazquez E, Califf R, Mcmurray J, Pfeffer M, Solomon S. Regional cardiac dysfunction and outcome in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, heart failure, or both after myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal 2013, 34: p662. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht307.p662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWall motion scoreLV ejection fractionHeart failureLV dysfunctionRegional cardiac functionLongitudinal strainEjection fractionClinical outcomesCardiac functionMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelCox proportional hazards modelPost-myocardial infarction patientsLV wall motion scoreAbnormal wall motion scoreRegional cardiac dysfunctionLeft ventricular dysfunctionLeft ventricular functionMyocardial infarction patientsSpeckle tracking echocardiographySegmental longitudinal strainRegional longitudinal strainProportional hazards modelRegional myocardial functionPeak longitudinal strainNormal reference values