Long-term prognostic significance of M mode echocardiography in young men after myocardial infarction.
Why the study?
Does M-mode echocardiography predict long-term cardiac death in young men after myocardial infarction?
Population
97 consecutive young male patients who had survived an acute myocardial infarction
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
82 months
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Discussion
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Implication
Echo index may refine post-MI risk stratification beyond angiography; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Structured PICO
Does M-mode echocardiography predict long-term cardiac death in young men after myocardial infarction?
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Population
97 consecutive young male patients who had survived an acute myocardial infarction
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Intervention
M-mode echocardiography (measurements of left ventricular size and function, including an echo index)
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Outcome
Cardiac death at 82 months follow-uphard clinical
M-mode echocardiography provides independent prognostic value for predicting long-term cardiac death in young men after myocardial infarction, additive to clinical and angiographic data.
Cite This Study
Eriksson et al. (1995) studied this question.