Table 4.

Sm as a predictor of mortality.

	Hazard Ratio	95% CI	p Value
Sm long, cm/s	0.74	0.58–0.95	0.016
Sm rad, cm/s	0.77	0.63–0.93	0.008
IVSd per mm	0.94	0.72–1.21	0.607
LV-EF, %	1.0	0.95–1.05	0.968
Sm long ≥ 10 cm/s	0.34	0.14–0.84	0.019
Sm long < 10 cm/s	2.92	1.19–7.18	0.019
Sm rad ≥ 9 cm/s	0.31	0.11–0.83	0.020
Sm rad < 9 cm/s	3.24	1.2–8.76	0.020

CI, confidence interval; IVSd, interventricular septum enddiastolic; Sm, systolic wall motion peak velocity.