Table 2 Echocardiographic measurements during hospitalization, at 4 months and the changes between both time points stratified by E/e′ at 4 months after STEMI
| Â | During hospitalization | At 4Â months | Change between both visits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | E/e’ ≤ median (n = 134) | E/e′ > median (n = 133) | P value | E/e′ ≤ median (n = 134) | E/e′ > median (n = 133) | P value | E/e′ ≤ median (n = 134) | E/e′ > median (n = 133) | P value |
Time until echo, days | 2 (1, 3) | 2 (1, 3) | 0.26 | 124 (119, 129) | 123 (116, 128) | 0.41 | 121 (114, 126) | 121 (113, 126) | 0.98 |
LVEDV, ml | 103.2 ± 26.9 | 100.6 ± 30.0 | 0.49 | 105.4 ± 28.2 | 111.4 ± 34.9 | 0.14 | 3.9 ± 21.5 | 12.2 ± 24.3 |  < 0.01 |
LVESV, ml | 50.4 ± 18.1 | 50.5 ± 21.5 | 0.98 | 46.3 ± 17.0 | 52.7 ± 24.2 | 0.02 | − 2.0 ± 12.1 | 2.8 ± 15.2 | 0.01 |
LVEF, % | 52 ± 9.4 | 51 ± 9.5 | 0.45 | 57 ± 7.4 | 54 ± 8.9 | 0.01 | 3.6 ± 7.7 | 3.3 ± 7.7 | 0.76 |
LV mass, gram | 182.8 ± 49.9 | 175.5 ± 50.5 | 0.24 | 176.7 ± 45.5 | 179.9 ± 45.3 | 0.56 | − 5.8 ± 38.7 | 3.3 ± 42.9 | 0.08 |
E, cm/s | 62.9 ± 14.9 | 69.3 ± 19.5 |  < 0.01 | 62.1 ± 12.4 | 76.0 ± 17.4 |  < 0.01 | − 0.8 ± 16.0 | 6.8 ± 18.9 |  < 0.01 |
A, cm/s | 60.4 ± 14.2 | 69.8 ± 17.9 |  < 0.01 | 63.4 ± 13.5 | 70.8 ± 18.3 |  < 0.01 | 3.0 ± 11.6 | 1.0 ± 14.7 | 0.23 |
E/A ratio | 1.1 ± 0.3 | 1.0 ± 0.4 | 0.28 | 1.0 ± 0.3 | 1.2 ± 0.5 |  < 0.01 | − 0.1 ± 0.3 | 0.1 ± 0.4 |  < 0.01 |
DT, ms | 184.8 ± 52.6 | 184.9 ± 56.5 | 1.00 | 219.4 ± 55.5 | 207.5 ± 67.3 | 0.12 | 34.6 ± 58.7 | 22.6 ± 78.6 | 0.16 |
IVRT, cm/s | 98.9 ± 24.3 | 99.4 ± 26.6 | 0.88 | 100.5 ± 22.9 | 101.5 ± 21.5 | 0.76 | − 0.2 ± 28.6 | 3.1 ± 24.9 | 0.49 |
Septal e′, cm/s | 8.3 ± 2 | 7.1 ± 1.9 |  < 0.01 | 8.7 ± 1.9 | 7.4 ± 2 |  < 0.01 | 0.3 ± 2.1 | 0.2 ± 1.8 | 0.71 |
Lateral e′, cm/s | 10 ± 3.1 | 8.6 ± 2.8 |  < 0.01 | 11 ± 2.5 | 8.9 ± 2.7 |  < 0.01 | 0.8 ± 2.9 | 0.3 ± 2.4 | 0.18 |
Mean e′, cm/s | 9.4 ± 2.3 | 7.9 ± 2.1 |  < 0.01 | 10 ± 1.8 | 8.2 ± 2.2 |  < 0.01 | 0.5 ± 2.0 | 0.3 ± 1.7 | 0.26 |
E/e′ ratio | 6.9 ± 1.9 | 9.2 ± 2.9 |  < 0.01 | 6.3 ± 0.9 | 9.6 ± 2.3 |  < 0.01 | − 0.7 ± 1.8 | 0.5 ± 2.6 |  < 0.01 |
LAVI, ml/m2 | 27.3 ± 6.8 | 28.1 ± 7.6 | 0.39 | 28 ± 7.7 | 31 ± 8.7 | 0.02 | 1.3 ± 6.5 | 2.8 ± 7.3 | 0.11 |
LVMI, gram/m2 | 89.4 ± 22.2 | 89.8 ± 21.8 | 0.89 | 84.6 ± 21.8 | 89.4 ± 23.7 | 0.09 | − 4.5 ± 21.8 | − 1.3 ± 19.9 | 0.23 |
IVS, mm | 11 ± 2 | 11 ± 1.9 | 0.10 | 10 ± 1.7 | 10 ± 1.8 | 0.55 | − 0.3 ± 2.1 | − 0.7 ± 1.9 | 0.18 |
LVPW, mm | 9.7 ± 1.5 | 10 ± 3.2 | 0.28 | 9.3 ± 1.4 | 9.4 ± 1.5 | 0.95 | − 0.4 ± 1.7 | − 0.7 ± 3.4 | 0.26 |
LVEDD, mm | 49 ± 5.1 | 47 ± 6.0 | 0.01 | 49 ± 5.5 | 50 ± 5.4 | 0.70 | 0.7 ± 4.8 | 2.6 ± 5.0 |  < 0.01 |
LVESD, mm | 33 ± 5.6 | 32 ± 5.8 | 0.19 | 33 ± 5.8 | 34 ± 6.1 | 0.21 | − 0.4 ± 6.1 | 1.3 ± 5.3 | 0.02 |