Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicts mortality and heart failure admissions in African American patients.

Mayank M KansalIbrahim N MansourSahar IsmailAdam BressGrace WuOmer MirzaRahul MarpadgaHana GheithYoonsang KimYien LiLarisa CavallariThomas D Stamos

Published in: Clinical cardiology (2017)

In AA patients with chronic stable HF on GDMT, more impaired LV GLS (< -7.95%) is a strong and independent predictor of long-term all-cause mortality and HF admissions.

Keyphrases

african american
heart failure
left ventricular
end stage renal disease
acute heart failure
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
cardiac resynchronization therapy
cardiovascular disease
risk factors
mitral valve
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy