Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Cardiac magnetic resonance rapid longitudinal shortening metrics predict cardiovascular outcomes
Authors' conclusion
Rapid longitudinal shortening metrics are significant predictors of cardiovascular outcomes comparable to FT strain.
Study context
- Population
- UK Biobank participants with CMR (52% females, median 65 years)
- Participants
- 45,844 participants
- Exposure
- Rapid longitudinal shortening vs feature tracking (FT) strain for prediction of CV outcomes
- Outcome
- Incident heart failure (HF), MI, stroke, CV death
- Follow-up
- 4.4 (3.6, 5.9) years
Methodological detailsUK Biobank
- UK Biobank
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Incident HF
Each group vs GLSHazard ratio (CI)
AVJS
0.78(0.69–0.88)
LS
0.79(0.71–0.89)
GLS
0.78(0.69–0.89)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Correlation and agreement with global longitudinal strain (GLS)
- LS and atrioventricular junction shortening (AVJS) showed moderately strong correlation and agreement with GLS
Original publication
Cardiac magnetic resonance rapid longitudinal shortening metrics predict cardiovascular outcomes. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. Published 9 August 2025. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it