Global Left Ventricular Longitudinal Systolic Strain for Early Risk Assessment in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated with Primary Percutaneous Intervention

In a large population of patients with STEMI, GLS and WMSI were comparable and both superior for early risk assessment compared with volume-based left ventricular function indicators such as LVEF and ESVI. Compared with WMSI, the advantage of GLS is the provision of a semiautomated quantitative measure.