Objective: To obtain the derived parameter left atrial stiffness index (LASI) using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (2D-STI) and evaluate the diagnostic value o ...

A team of Emory researchers recently found scientific evidence that the well-known health risks of extreme heat can have especially severe consequences for patients with pre-existing cardiovascular ...

A team of Emory researchers recently found scientific evidence that the well-known health risks of extreme heat can have especially severe ...

‘Endurance responds strongly to total weekly time at low intensity. Increasing weekly aerobic volume gradually by small ...

Accurate cardiac output (CO) measurements during exercise are essential for the diagnosis of exercise pulmonary hypertension (PH), exercise precapillary PH, and exercise postcapillary PH. The purpose ...

The incidence of sudden cardiac arrest in athletes varies according to age, race and ethnic group, sex, sport, and social determinants of health. The common causes of sudden cardiac arrest include ...

The Argos cardiac output monitor. [Image courtesy of Retia Medical/Medtronic] Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) + announced that it entered into an agreement to distribute the Retia Medical Argos cardiac output ...

Objectives To compare agreement between echocardiography and regional impedance cardiography (RIC)-derived cardiac output (CO), and to construct indicative normative ranges of CO for gestational age ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband is 73 and was diagnosed with heart failure and a severely dilated left ventricle. At the time, he was pumping 10 liters per minute. He had a proBNP natriuretic peptide level ...

A negative diastolic stress test may indicate pulmonary hypertension in patients with suspected HFpEF and unexplained dyspnea. About 1 in 5 patients with unexplained dyspnea have pulmonary ...