Detection of left ventricular dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction: comparison of clinical, echocardiographic, and neurohormonal methods

A. M. Choy, D. Darbar, C. C. Lang, T. H. Pringle, G. P. McNeill, N. S. Kennedy, A. D. Struthers

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    Abstract

    The SAVE study showed that captopril improves mortality in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction and that this benefit occurred even in patients with no clinically overt heart failure. On the basis of this, it seems important to identify correctly which patients have left ventricular dysfunction after a myocardial infarction. The objective was to compare various methods of identifying patients with left ventricular dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction, LVEF, <or = 40%) after acute myocardial infarction. The methods compared were echocardiography (quantitative and qualitative visual assessment), clinical evaluation (subjective assessment and three clinical score methods), and measurement of plasma concentrations of cardiac natriuretic peptide hormones (atrial and brain natriuretic peptides, ANP and BNP).
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)16-22
    Number of pages7
    JournalBritish Heart Journal
    Volume72
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1994

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