Use of two ‐dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography to predict cardiac events: Comparison of patients with acute myocardial infarction and chronic coronary artery disease

ConclusionsGlobal strain parameters by 2D STE may be useful for the prediction of cardiac events in patients with CAD but add no supplemental information to baseline characteristic and ejection fraction in patients with AMI.

Source: Clinical Cardiology - January 23, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: J örg Scharrenbroich, Sandra Hamada, Andras Keszei, Jörg Schröder, Andreas Napp, Mohammad Almalla, Michael Becker, Ertunc Altiok Tags: CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS Source Type: research