Nocturnal hypertension is an important predictor of the progression of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with diabetes without HF. An important predictor for the progression of left ...

Patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing TAVI for aortic stenosis who experience an improvement in their ventricle’s function achieve mid-term mortality similar to that seen among ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subclinical left ventricular abnormalities in SSc impact survival and increase dyspnea risk. LV ejection ...

Vancouver, BC - The PET and Recovery Following Revascularization (PARR-2) trial showed that, among patients with severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, those who received fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) ...

In a 4.3-year follow-up study, few asymptomatic patients with preclinical left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) progressed to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), with a ...

High levels of inflammatory biomarkers are associated with a higher incidence of acute heart failure (HF), increased risk of readmission, and higher mortality. 1 There is also a strong correlation ...

Cardiac physiologic pacing, also known as cardiac resynchronization therapy, is indicated in patients with heart failure, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 50% or less, and either a ...

For stabilized patients undergoing complex PCI, left ventricular unloading with an Impella CP microaxial flow pump ...

Panel A shows a cross-section of a normal heart (top) and an endomyocardial biopsy sample from a normal heart (bottom; with hematoxylin and eosin staining) that shows normal histologic characteristics ...