Because life expectancy and the prevalence of risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes are rising globally, heart failure (HF) is growing into a major health problem. Impairment of left ...

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, ...

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is associated with worse health status among patients with severe aortic stenosis, but TAVR leads to clinically meaningful symptomatic improvements regardless of ...

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 ...

Severe hypothyroidism is associated with a high burden of systolic/diastolic ventricular dysfunction and myocardial deformation abnormalities.

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. January 21, 2009 (Rochester, Minnesota) — Diastolic dysfunction is independently and strongly related to reduced exercise capacity, a new ...

Monitoring for Chemotherapy-Related Cardiotoxicity in the Form of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction: A Review of Current Recommendations The following represents disclosure information provided by ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) does not reduce all-cause mortality or heart failure hospitalization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and extensive coronary artery disease ...

Whether revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can improve event-free survival and left ventricular function in patients with severe ischemic left ventricular systolic ...

Focused cardiac ultrasonography is a point-of-care, qualitative or semiquantitative means of assessing cardiac size, structure, and function that is performed and interpreted by the clinician at the ...