Indexing left ventricular wall thickness to body surface area improves prognostic value.

Troy M LaBountyDavid S BachEduardo BossoneTheodore J Kolias

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)

We observe a linear relationship between BSA and WT. Indexing WT improves mortality prediction over LVMI and nonindexed WT. These findings support indexing WT to BSA.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
heart failure
cardiovascular events
acute myocardial infarction
type diabetes
optical coherence tomography
cardiovascular disease
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome
cardiac resynchronization therapy