Does the assessment of LV GLS with speckle-tracking echocardiography predict long-term survival in patients with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy?
LV global longitudinal strain assessed via speckle-tracking echocardiography serves as a significant prognostic marker for long-term survival in patients with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy.
The assessment of LV GLS with speckle-tracking echocardiography is significantly related to long-term outcome in patients with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Bertini et al. (Tue,) studied this question.