Global Longitudinal Strain of the Systemic Ventricle Is Correlated with Plasma Galectin-3 and Predicts Major Cardiovascular Events in Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Disease.

Conclusion: In ACHD patients, SV GLS was found to predict MACE independently from NTproBNP and correlated with VT. Gal-3 correlated with NTproBNP and SVGLS as well as SVT and VT, but has not been shown to bear significant prognostic potential.
PMID: 32580463 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - June 21, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Frogoudaki AA, Pantelakis I, Bistola V, Kroupis C, Birba D, Ikonomidis I, Alexopoulos D, Filippatos G, Parissis J Tags: Medicina (Kaunas) Source Type: research