title: Echocardiographic predictors of prognosis after first acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: We prospectively studied 490 patients who had a first myocardial infarction and performed a complete 2-dimensional echocardiographic study <or=48 hours of admission. In addition to left ventricular ejection fraction, multiple echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular systolic and diastolic performances were found to be independent predictors of 2-year mortality rate and congestive heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Obeidat
authors.forename: Mohsin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: George W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Divine
authors.forename: Fareed
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khaja
authors.forename: Sidney
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Hani
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sabbah
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D013318:Stroke Volume; D015996:Survival Rate; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left