Table 7.

Correlation between plasma Galectin-3 levels and echocardiography parameters determined 6 months after acute myocardial infarction.

Variables		Aortic root Day 1	Coronary sinus Day 1	Femoral artery Day 1	Femoral vein Day 1	Median cubital vein Day 30
LVEDV 180 day	r	0.023	0.120	0.034	0.159	0.276
	p	0.860	0.383	0.823	0.232	0.090
LVESV 180 day	r	0.039	0.086	0.098	0.156	0.343
	p	0.769	0.522	0.516	0.241	0.033
LVEF 180 day	r	−0.164	−0.160	−0.292	−0.227	−0.509
	p	0.215	0.224	0.049	0.086	<0.001
LA 180 day	r	0.021	0.234	0.163	0.173	0.446
	p	0.876	0.094	0.280	0.194	0.004
ΔLVEDV	r	0.166	0.219	0.124	0.252	0.571
	p	0.209	0.102	0.412	0.057	<0.001
ΔLVESV	r	0.166	0.237	0.226	0.290	0.579
	p	0.210	0.076	0.131	0.027	<0.001
ΔLVEF	r	−0.149	−0.298	−0.481	−0.290	−0.599
	p	0.261	0.024	0.001	0.027	<0.001
ΔLA	r	0.244	0.068	0.331	0.108	0.274
	p	0.063	0.614	0.025	0.422	0.091

Δ – Change from Day 1 to day 180 or six months.