Heart failure due to isolated left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) is common among older adults. The purpose of this study was to develop a model based on admission clinical features to ...

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

The SAFAR study is an on-going single-center prospective study recruiting consecutive patients with established hypertension (treated or untreated with antihypertensive drugs) or with suspected ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Evaluation of NT-proBNP in patients may lead to early exclusion of Left Ventricular dysfunction, according to a new study. The value and cost-effectiveness of screening for left ventricular (LV) ...

While cardiovascular disease (CVD) is more common in young men than in young women, the risk of CVD increases for postmenopausal women, making them nearly as susceptible as men. Menopause typically ...

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 ...