Furthermore, because these data were mainly derived from studies performed in otherwise healthy subjects with isolated obesity, the limitations of this evidence must be recognized. Very few data exist ...

LV diastolic dysfunction is a common complication of both HF and CAD. It occurs early in the ischemic cascade, preceding detectable systolic function changes. It is assessed easily by echocardiography ...

One of the most severe target organ damages of hypertension is left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), which is a strong predictor of adverse prognosis. 6 A spectrum of LV geometric adaptations may occur ...

Cardiovascular medicine is changing. It is progressively becoming more and more disease-based for diagnosis and therapy with the development of multidisciplinary meetings, often image guided. Some of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The ratio of early diastolic transmitral flow velocity to early diastolic mitral annular velocity correlated ...

Advanced left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in patients undergoing TAVR is linked with almost a fourfold increase in risk of postprocedural death as early as 30 days postprocedure, ...

Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of mortality in patients with DMD. Compared with their healthy counterparts, patients with DMD — including those with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction ...

A recent study published in BMC Public Health investigated the associations between abnormal left ventricular diastolic function (ALVDF) and ambient air pollution. Study: Air pollution is associated ...

8 Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Correspondence to Mathew Wilson, Research Centre for Sport and Exercise Performance, School of ...

Laboratory of Human Movement (EA3608), Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Lille 2, France Professor Philippe Obert, University of Avignon, Faculty of Sciences, rue Louis Pasteur, Avignon 84000, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Omecamtiv mecarbil, a selective cardiac myosin activator, improved diastolic function and ...