Age and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) are major determinants of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction 1 and impaired autonomic activity assessed both at ...

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 ...

In contrast to HF with reduced EF, where events (e.g., myocardial infarction) often signal the onset of cardiac dysfunction and symptoms, this is not the case in HF with normal EF, which starts ...

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 ...

Recently, while preparing an updated presentation to the Saint Louis University cardiology fellows on "diastolic dysfunction," the Skeptical Cardiologist came across a document entitled "What Does ...

A less invasive test commonly used to diagnose coronary disease also may be used to detect one of the leading causes of heart failure. By using a nuclear stress test to look at how fast blood flows ...

Cardiotoxicity is a well-established complication of multiple cancer therapeutics, and the one of the most prominent effects that limits the use of these agents is in the form of left ventricular ...

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 ...

Background: Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are sometimes used by power athletes to improve performance by increasing muscle mass and strength. Recent bioptical data have shown that in athletes ...

Impact of Age and Primary Disease Site on Outcome in Women With Low-Grade Serous Carcinoma of the Ovary or Peritoneum: Results of a Large Single-Institution Registry of a Rare Tumor LVSD was frequent ...

Sudden cardiac death is a common cause of death in patients with reduced systolic ejection function. As part of a long-term observational study, MedUni Vienna researchers from the Division of ...