Echocardiographic parameters determining cardiovascular outcomes in patients after acute ischemic stroke

AbstractPrevious studies have focused on only 1 or 2 echocardiographic parameters as prognostic markers in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). A total of 900 patients with AIS who underwent transthoracic echocardiography (72.6  ± 12.0 years and 60% males) were retrospectively reviewed. Composite clinical events, including all-cause mortality, non-fatal stroke, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and coronary revascularization, were assessed during clinical follow-ups. During a median follow-up of 3.3 years (interquart ile range 0.6–5.1 years), there were 151 (16.8%) composite events. In the multivariable analyses after controlling for potential confounders, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <  62% (hazard ratio [HR] 1.62; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.14–2.30; p = 0.007) and AV sclerosis (AVs) (HR 1.56; 95% CI 1.10–2.21; p = 0.013) were independent prognostic factors associated with composite events. Multivariable analyses showed that HR for composite events gradually incr eased according to LVEF and AVs: HR was 2.6-fold higher in the highest-risk group than in the lowest group (p <  0.001). Compared with a clinical model (global chi-square = 69.6), LVEF, AVs, and both of them were significantly improved outcome prediction in sequential Cox model analysis (global chi-square = 75.6, 75.7, and 78.8, respectively; p <  0.05 for each) for each. In patients with AIS, LVEF <  62%, and the presence of AV sclerosi...
Source: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging - Category: Radiology Source Type: research