Key result
Combining echocardiographic wall motion index and Killip classification 5 days after acute myocardial infarction identified 53% of patients as low risk for 1-year mortality.
Why the study?
Does the combination of echocardiographic wall motion index and Killip classification accurately stratify 1-year mortality risk in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Cohort (n=195)
Does the combination of echocardiographic wall motion index and Killip classification accurately stratify 1-year mortality risk in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
p-value: p=<0.0001
The combination of echocardiographic wall motion index and Killip classification 5 days after AMI provides a simple and effective method to identify low-risk patients for 1-year mortality.
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May refine post-MI risk stratification; leaves open prospective validation against standard scores before clinical adoption.
Launbjerg et al. (2008) conducted a cohort in Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (n=195). Echocardiographic wall motion index (WMI) and Killip classification was evaluated on 1-year mortality (p=<0.0001). Combining echocardiographic wall motion index and Killip classification 5 days after acute myocardial infarction identified 53% of patients as low risk for 1-year mortality.
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