LVEF predicts six-month mortality after STEMI

In a study of 1194 patients with an acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with thrombolysis, the resting left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) measured by radionuclide angiography (RNA) was a powerful predictor of six-month mortality. The highest risk group was those with an LVEF <30 percent.

Data from Burns RJ, Gibbons RJ, Yi Q, et al. The relationships of left ventricular ejection fraction, end-systolic volume index and infarct size to six-month mortality after hospital discharge following myocardial infarction treated by thrombolysis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002; 39:30.

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