LGALS3 and acute myocardial infarction: This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of Gal-3 for new-onset heart failure (HF) in first acute myocardial infarction (MI) during the in-hospital phase following MI and to assess its association with advanced echocardiographic indices of myocardial and atrial dysfunction, including left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) and left atrial reservoir strain.