Is left ventricular dyssynchrony associated with an increased risk of death or heart failure in patients after myocardial infarction with left ventricular dysfunction or heart failure?
Left ventricular dyssynchrony is an independent predictor of death or heart failure in post-myocardial infarction patients with LV dysfunction or heart failure.
Left ventricular dyssynchrony is independently associated with increased risk of death or heart failure after myocardial infarction, suggesting that contractile pattern may play a role in post-myocardial infarction prognosis.
Shin et al. (Tue,) studied this question.