LGALS3 and ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: It has been demonstrated in the group of 247 patients with a first ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention, that there was a significant association between galectin-3 plasma concentration, determined on the third day of hospitalization, and LVEF, infarct size and left ventricular end-systolic volume index, which were determined after four months using cardiac magnetic resonance21.