Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain (GLS) Is a Superior Predictor of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality When Compared to Ejection Fraction in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 5; p. e0127044
• Main Authors: Krishnasamy, Rathika, Isbel, Nicole M., Hawley, Carmel M., Pascoe, Elaine M., Burrage, Matthew, Leano, Rodel, Haluska, Brian A., Marwick, Thomas H., Stanton, Tony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.05.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Cardiac output; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Change detection; Confidence intervals; Diabetes; Dialysis; Echocardiography; Female; Heart; Heart attacks; Heart failure; Humans; Intervention; Ischemia; Kidney diseases; Kidney transplantation; Kidneys; Left heart ventricle; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Measurement; Medical examination; Medicine; Middle Aged; Mortality; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Patients; Peritoneal dialysis; Physiological aspects; Physiology; Population studies; Prognosis; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - diagnosis; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - mortality; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - physiopathology; Risk Factors; Stroke Volume - physiology; Studies; Systematic review; Ventricle; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology

Echocardiographic global longitudinal strain (GLS) is increasingly recognised as a more effective technique than conventional ejection fraction (EF) in detecting subtle changes in left ventricular (LV) function. This study investigated the prognostic value of GLS over EF in patients with advanced Ch...