Global Longitudinal Strain is Incremental to Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction for the Prediction of Outcome in Optimally Treated Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients

• Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 11; no. 6; p. e024505
• Main Authors: Raafs, Anne G., Boscutti, Andrea, Henkens, Michiel T. H. M., van den Broek, Wout W. A., Verdonschot, Job A. J., Weerts, Jerremy, Stolfo, Davide, Nuzzi, Vincenzo, Manca, Paolo, Hazebroek, Mark R., Knackstedt, Christian, Merlo, Marco, Heymans, Stephane R. B., Sinagra, Gianfranco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley and Sons Inc 15.03.2022; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - complications; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - diagnostic imaging; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - drug therapy; deformation imaging; dilated cardiomyopathy; Female; global longitudinal strain; Heart Failure; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; optimal medical treatment; Original Research; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Stroke Volume; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left; Ventricular Function, Left; global longitudinal strain; deformation imaging; optimal medical treatment; prognosis; dilated cardiomyopathy

Background Speckle tracking echocardiographic global longitudinal strain (GLS) predicts outcome in patients with new onset heart failure. Still, its incremental value on top of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with nonischemic, nonvalvular dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) after opti...