Left Ventricular Geometry Determines Prognosis and Reverse J-Shaped Relation Between Blood Pressure and Mortality in Ischemic Stroke Patients

Conclusions
Echocardiographic assessment of LV geometry provided independent and additive prognostic information in ischemic stroke patients. A reverse J-shaped relation of mortality with blood pressure was found in patients with abnormal LV geometry.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging - March 5, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Park, C. S., Park, J.-B., Kim, Y., Yoon, Y. E., Lee, S.-P., Kim, H.-K., Kim, Y.-J., Cho, G.-Y., Sohn, D.-W., Lee, S.-H. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research