Global left ventricular longitudinal systolic strain as a major predictor of cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation

Conclusions
GLS was a major parameter and stronger than LVEF and Sa in predicting adverse CV events and could offer an additional prognostic benefit over conventional clinical and echocardiographic systolic parameters in AF.

Source: Heart - October 6, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Su, H.-M., Lin, T.-H., Hsu, P.-C., Lee, W.-H., Chu, C.-Y., Lee, C.-S., Voon, W.-C., Lai, W.-T., Sheu, S.-H. Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Echocardiography, Hypertension, Clinical diagnostic tests, Epidemiology Cardiovascular imaging Source Type: research