Table 2.
Changes in echocardiographic parameters after AMI during six months’ follow up (n = 500)
| 24–48 hours | At discharge | 6 weeks | 6 months | Time effect p value | |
| EDVi (ml/m2) | 79.7 (19.2) | 83.9 (22.6) | 85.9 (24.9) | 86.7 (26.1) | <0.001 |
| ESVi (ml/m2) | 42.6 (15.2) | 45.1 (18.3) | 46.7 (20.5) | 47.4 (22.3) | <0.001 |
| Global WMSI | 1.60 (0.34) | 1.57 (0.34) | 1.55 (0.35) | 1.52 (0.36) | <0.001 |
| IVS-WMSI | 1.59 (0.53) | 1.56 (0.53) | 1.53 (0.51) | 1.49 (0.51) | <0.001 |
| LV-FWMSI | 1.61 (0.34) | 1.58 (0.34) | 1.56 (0.35) | 1.54 (0.36) | <0.001 |
| LVEF (%) | 47.2 (7.3) | 47.2 (8.2) | 46.9 (8.2) | 46.9 (8.6) | 0.25 |
| TAPSE (cm) | 1.79 (0.46) | 1.88 (0.47) | 1.89 (0.48) | 1.92 (0.46) | <0.001 |
| LAAi (cm2/m2) | 9.49 (2.00) | 9.68 (2.14) | 9.73 (2.01) | 9.80 (2.03) | 0.001 |
Data are mean (SD).
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; EDVi, end diastolic volume index; ESVi, end systolic volume index; IVS, interventricular septum; LAAi, left atrial area index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LV-FWMSI, left ventricular free wall motion score index; TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; WMSI, wall motion score index.