Prognosis of Individuals With Asymptomatic Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Why the study?
Does left ventricular mass index predict incident congestive heart failure in individuals with asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction?
Population
Individuals without previous clinical cardiovascular disease who have asymptomatic left ventricular systolic…
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Implication
LVMI may aid risk stratification in ALVSD; leaves open need for prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Structured PICO
Does left ventricular mass index predict incident congestive heart failure in individuals with asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction?
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Population
Individuals without previous clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) who have asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction (ALVSD) in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
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Outcome
Incident congestive heart failure (CHF), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and all-cause mortalityhard clinical
In individuals with asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction, left ventricular mass index serves as a good discriminator for predicting incident congestive heart failure.
Cite This Study
Yeboah et al. (2012) studied this question.