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Figure 3 Crude Incidence Rates per 100-Person Years

Crude incidence rates per 100 person-years were calculated for the defined time-dependent clinical CV outcomes and depicted as bar graph, for LV geometrical patterns. Concentric hypertrophy carried the greatest incidence rate for adverse CV outcomes including CV mortality, recurrent MI, heart failure, stroke and sudden cardiac death. Even concentric remodeling was associated with poor prognosis compared with patients with normal LV geometry. Concentric hypertrophy had higher incidence rates for CV mortality and heart failure development and also recurrent MI, stroke, and sudden cardiac death. Routine echocardiographic assessment of LV mass and its geometry following a high-risk MI is important. SD = sudden death; other abbreviations as in Figure 1.