FIGURE 2.

Scatter plots of baseline left ventricular end systolic diameter (ESD) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Although there is great overlap between the groups, the vast majority (94%) of patients who developed a cardiomyopathy (decline in LVEF, Group 2) demonstrated an initial LVESD of ≥2.9 cm whereas slightly more than half of the preserved LVEF group had an initial LVESD ≥2.9 cm. No patients who developed a cardiomyopathy had an initial LVEF above 60%. In patients with an LVESD of ≥2.9 cm and an LVEF ≤60%, the relative risk of developing a cardiomyopathy was 18.4. The negative predictive value for an LVESD <2.9 cm and LVEF >60% was 98%