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Peak early diastolic mitral annulus velocity by tissue Doppler imaging adds independent and incremental prognostic value

Mei Wang, MD^*, Gabriel W. K. Yip, MRCP^*, Angela Y. M. Wang, MB^*, Yan Zhang, MD^*, Pik Yuk Ho, BN^*, Mui Kiu Tse, RN^*, Peggo K. W. Lam, MA and John E. Sanderson, MD, FRCP, FACC^*,*

^* Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Hong Kong SAR, China
Center of Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Incremental value of deceleration time (DT) <0.16 s and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) parameters in predicting cardiac death. White bar = clinical data; shaded bar = clinical data + DT <0.16 s; black bar = clinical data + DT <0.16 s + TDI variables (Sm, Em, Am).

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Cumulative cardiac death by tertiles of the early mitral annulus diastolic velocity (Em).

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Cumulative cardiac death by tertiles of the mitral annulus systolic velocity (Sm).