Left ventricual remodelling after 5 years of anterior myocardial infarction

Clinical-echocardiographic parameters of LV in 92 patientsaged from 24 to 72 years who underwent primary anterior MI based upon follow-up (5 years) data using serial ultrasound study were assessed. The follow-up mortality was revealed to be 21%; 2/3 of patients died in the latter 2 years of the period studied. Early (to one month) left ventricular dilatation is supposed to be the manifestation of acute compensatory reaction.