Figure 6.

Less negative strain longitudinal peak global is associated with a higher cardiovascular mortality in patients with ESRD. (A) Flow chart of the clinical study. (B) Kaplan–Meier analysis of cumulative cardiovascular survival for patients with a peak global longitudinal strain stratified at the median (−11.83), indicating that a less negative peak global longitudinal strain (lower myocardial deformation) was associated with a higher cardiovascular mortality (primary end point). Statistical comparisons between survival curves were made by log-rank test. 2D, two-dimensional; SL peak G, strain longitudinal peak global.