Table 2.
Echocardiographic measurements
| |
All |
No death, MI or HF |
Death, MI or HF |
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(n=227) |
(n= 142) |
(n=85) |
|||||
| Variables | median | (25th-75th perc) | median | (25th-75th perc) | median | (25th-75th perc) | p |
| PSV |
4.9 |
(4.2-5.8) |
5.3 |
(4.7-6.0) |
4.4 |
(3.6-5.0) |
<0.001 |
| EF |
49 |
(41–56) |
52 |
(45–58) |
45 |
(35–52) |
<0.001 |
| WMS |
1.0 |
(1.0-1.3) |
1.26 |
(1.09-1.16) |
1.29 |
(1.21-1.36) |
<0.001 |
| Global 2D-Strain |
−14 |
(−18- -9.8) |
−15 |
(−19- -11) |
−11 |
(−16.8- -5.0) |
<0.001 |
| E/e'-ratio | 13.4 | (10.1-17.6) | 13.2 | (12.3-14.2) | 18.4 | (16.1-20.8) | <0.001 |
MI=Myocardial infarction, HF=Heart failure, PSV=peak systolic velocity, EF=ejection fraction, WMS=Wall motion scoring.