Degenerative aortic stenosis (AS) has become the most common valvular heart disease and the definitive treatment of symptomatic, severe AS is surgical valve replacement. In the absence of symptoms, ...

However, the confounding effect of LV geometric pattern on the relation between LV mass and systolic function has never been examined. Thus, the independent relation between LV mass and midwall ...

Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome affecting around 70 million individuals globally. It has a prevalence of 2% in ...

Avoiding Peg-Filgrastim Prophylaxis During the Paclitaxel Portion of the Dose-Dense Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide and Paclitaxel Regimen: A Prospective Study This was a multicenter study of all ...

Group 3 – Severely impaired relaxation 1 (3.6%) 2 (11.1%) 7 (38.9%) 8 (44.4%) Values are number of subjects (%). Impaired relaxation (group 1) indicates low age-specific E:A and normal E:E'; elevated ...

Background: Prolonged steady state exercise can lead to a decrease in left ventricular (LV) function as well as promote the release of cardiac troponin T (cTnT). There is limited information on the ...

Right ventricular systolic function evaluated through VO2 max is a more accurate measure of functional capacity of persons with heart failure compared with left ventricular systolic function. This ...

Observational studies suggest that conventional right ventricular apical pacing may have a deleterious effect on left ventricular function. In this study, we examined whether biventricular pacing is ...

Concerning the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep related breathing disorders and their prevalence in patients with atrial fibrillation, the authors themselves emphasize ...

Patients with abnormal diastolic function (when the heart is relaxed and expanded) in the left ventricle of the heart have a substantially lower maximum capacity for exercise, according to a study in ...

The natural history of subclinical systolic and diastolic LV dysfunction in the general population is currently unknown. Serial imaging studies are required to clarify the progression of LV changes ...