Studies from Brigham and Women's Hospital have provided new information about heart attack prognosis

New investigation results, "Comparison of regional versus global assessment of left ventricular function in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, heart failure, or both after myocardial infarction: the valsartan in acute myocardial infarction echocardiographic study," are detailed in a study published in Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. According to recent research from the United States, "Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) and wall-motion index (WMI) have both been shown to be independent predictors of outcome after myocardial infarction (MI). We sought to determine whether these two measurements of LV systolic function provide similar or complementary...

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