Table 7 Correlation between plasma Galectin-3 levels and echocardiography parameters determined 6 months after acute myocardial infarction.

From: Association between Galectin-3 levels within central and peripheral venous blood, and adverse left ventricular remodelling after first acute myocardial infarction

Variables

Aortic root Day 1

Coronary sinus Day 1

Femoral artery Day 1

Femoral vein Day 1

Median cubital vein Day 30

LVEDV

180 day

r

0.023

0.120

0.034

0.159

0.276

p

0.860

0.383

0.823

0.232

0.090

LVESV

180 day

r

0.039

0.086

0.098

0.156

0.343

p

0.769

0.522

0.516

0.241

0.033

LVEF

180 day

r

−0.164

−0.160

−0.292

−0.227

−0.509

p

0.215

0.224

0.049

0.086

<0.001

LA

180 day

r

0.021

0.234

0.163

0.173

0.446

p

0.876

0.094

0.280

0.194

0.004

ΔLVEDV

r

0.166

0.219

0.124

0.252

0.571

p

0.209

0.102

0.412

0.057

<0.001

ΔLVESV

r

0.166

0.237

0.226

0.290

0.579

p

0.210

0.076

0.131

0.027

<0.001

ΔLVEF

r

−0.149

−0.298

−0.481

−0.290

−0.599

p

0.261

0.024

0.001

0.027

<0.001

ΔLA

r

0.244

0.068

0.331

0.108

0.274

p

0.063

0.614

0.025

0.422

0.091

  1. Δ – Change from Day 1 to day 180 or six months.