Key result
Right ventricular global longitudinal strain independently predicted all-cause mortality in outpatients with chronic heart failure (HR 1.13; 95% CI 1.05-1.21; P=0.001).
Why the study?
Do right ventricular 2D systolic strain measures (RV-GLS and RV-fwLS) predict all-cause mortality in outpatients with chronic heart failure?
Population
332 outpatients with chronic heart failure (HF) in a stable clinical condition and on conventional therapy
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 36 ± 26 months
Authors
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RV-GLS may refine mortality risk stratification in chronic HF outpatients; extends speckle-tracking data but leaves open therapeutic impact.
Cohort (n=332)
Do right ventricular 2D systolic strain measures (RV-GLS and RV-fwLS) predict all-cause mortality in outpatients with chronic heart failure?
Hazard Ratio: 1.13 (95% CI 1.05–1.21)
p-value: p=0.001
Right ventricular 2D speckle tracking strain measures (RV-GLS and RV-fwLS) are independent predictors of mortality in stable chronic heart failure outpatients.
Iacoviello et al. (2016) conducted a cohort in chronic heart failure (HF) (n=332). Right ventricular global longitudinal strain (RV-GLS) was evaluated on all-cause mortality (HR 1.13, 95% CI 1.05-1.21, p=0.001). Right ventricular global longitudinal strain independently predicted all-cause mortality in outpatients with chronic heart failure (HR 1.13; 95% CI 1.05-1.21; P=0.001).
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