Prognostic usefulness of repeated echocardiographic evaluation after acute myocardial infarction. TRACE Study Group. TRAndolapril Cardiac Evaluation

E Korup; L Køber; C Torp-Pedersen; E Toft

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00148-4

Prognostic usefulness of repeated echocardiographic evaluation after acute myocardial infarction. TRACE Study Group. TRAndolapril Cardiac Evaluation

Am J Cardiol. 1999 Jun 1;83(11):1559-62, A7. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00148-4.

Authors

E Korup¹, L Køber, C Torp-Pedersen, E Toft

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark.

PMID: 10363872
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00148-4

Abstract

The prognostic value of repeated echocardiographic measurement of left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction was evaluated. We found that repeated measurements of wall motion index in survivors of acute myocardial infarction, with no reinfarction, provide important prognostic information about death and worsening of heart failure.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Echocardiography*
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Prognosis
Time Factors
Ventricular Dysfunction / physiopathology