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April 8, 2026Echocardiography2 citationsOpen Access

PLAX‐Only M‐Mode Scoring System for Risk Stratification of Moderate‐to‐Severe Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction: A Retrospective Diagnostic Study

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JYJonghoon YooTKTaekwon KimKSKyungsub Song

Key Points

  • To evaluate a PLAX-only M-mode scoring system for its effectiveness in risk stratification of moderate-to-severe left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD).
  • Conducted a retrospective analysis to assess the scoring system's discrimination ability.

Structured PICO

Does a PLAX-only M-mode scoring system provide acceptable discrimination for risk stratification of moderate-to-severe left ventricular diastolic dysfunction?

P
Population
Patients evaluated for moderate-to-severe Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction (LVDD)
I
Intervention
PLAX-only M-mode scoring system
O
Outcome
Risk stratification of moderate-to-severe LVDDsurrogate

A novel PLAX-only M-mode scoring system provides acceptable discrimination for risk stratification of moderate-to-severe LVDD, potentially simplifying echocardiographic assessment.

Limitations

  • External validation in independent populations is required before clinical implementation

Abstract

A PLAX-only M-mode scoring system provides acceptable discrimination and positive net clinical benefit for risk stratification of moderate-to-severe LVDD. External validation in independent populations is required before clinical implementation.

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Yoo et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d5f11e74eaea4b11a7a975https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.70429
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