Fig. 4

Kaplan–Meier survival curves of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) stratified by the optimal cutoff values of strain parameters. Patients with LAεe ≤ 5.29%, LVGLS > − 7.48%, or RVGLS > − 11.80% were associated with a significantly higher rate of events (all log-rank P < 0.001)