Figure 1 Representative longitudinal strain analysis in an apical two-chamber view. The view is presented in the left panel and the longitudinal strain curves of the six segments in the right panel. From: Echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular size and function as predictors of symptomatic heart failure in patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 50–59% treated with anthracyclines Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015;16(9):977-984. doi:10.1093/ehjci/jev113 Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging | Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
Figure 2 Event-free survival according to LVEDVI (A) and GLS (B) Figure 2 Event-free survival according to LVEDVI (A) and GLS (B). Kaplan–Meier curves depicting event-free survival in patients above or below the highest quartile of LVEDVI or GLS. From: Echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular size and function as predictors of symptomatic heart failure in patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 50–59% treated with anthracyclines Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015;16(9):977-984. doi:10.1093/ehjci/jev113 Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging | Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
Figure 3 Incremental value of echocardiographic parameters of LV function in the prediction of MACE. Model χ<sup>2</sup> values are presented for a series of Cox models for the prediction of MACE as ejection fraction (LVEF) and GLS are added to clinical predictors. From: Echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular size and function as predictors of symptomatic heart failure in patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 50–59% treated with anthracyclines Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015;16(9):977-984. doi:10.1093/ehjci/jev113 Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging | Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.