Global longitudinal strain and long-term outcome in patients
presenting to the emergency department with suspected acute coronary
syndrome
Alexander Fuks, MD,a Noah Liel-Cohen,
MD,b David S. Blondheim, MD,c,d Sara
Shimoni, MD,e Mohamed Jabaren, MD,fMarina Leitman, MD,g Salim Adawi,
MD,a,d Ronen Jaffe, MD,a,d Basheer
Karkabi, MD,a,d Ihab Asmer, RDCS,aMajdi Ganaeem, RDCS,a
Sergio L. Kobal, MD,b Idit Lavi,
MSc,h Walid Saliba, MD,d,h and
Avinoam Shiran, MD a,d
aDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis
Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, bDivision of
Cardiology, Soroka University Medical Center and Ben Gurion University
of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, cDepartment of
Cardiology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel, anddthe Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine,
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel,eKaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Hebrew University,
Jerusalem, Israel, fDepartment of Cardiology, Haemek
Medical Center, Afula, Israel, gDepartment of
Cardiology, Shamir Medical Center, Zerifin and Sackler School of
Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel, hDepartment of
Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center,
Haifa, Israel
Running head: Outcome of suspected ACS by GLS
Funding : Supported by grants from Clalit Health Services,
Israel, and from the Israel Heart Society.