A Comparison of Three-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Parameters in Predicting Left Ventricular Remodeling

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics.

	LVR (n = 26)	Non-LVR (n = 109)
Age, yrs	56.85 ± 11.80	53.22 ± 7.92	0.044
Male, %	88.5	89.0	NS
Body mass index, kg/ m^2	25.67 ± 2.65	24.57 ± 2.77	NS
Body surface area, m^2	1.75 ± 0.18	1.72 ± 0.14	NS
Medical history
Hypertension (%)	46.2	42.2	NS
Diabetes (%)	42.3	26.6	NS
Smoking (%)	84.6	89.9	NS
Angiographic findings
Time to reperfusion (h)	12.69 ± 5.33	10.81 ± 5.67	NS
Multivessel disease (%)	46.2	49.5	NS
LAD as the IRA (%)	65.4	57.4	NS
Blood tests findings
cTnI	11.54 ± 6.77	9.84 ± 8.49	NS
SCr, μmol/l	85.92 ± 19.05	84.69 ± 21.75	NS
Medications during follow-up
Antiplatelets (%)	100	100	—
ACEI/ARB (%)	100	95.4	NS
β-Blockers (%)	100	95.4	NS
Statins (%)	100	100	—

LAD: left anterior descending branch. IRA: infarct-related artery. ACEI: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. ARB: angiotensin receptor blockers. NS:  > 0.05, nonsignificant.