Background Spain is one of the European countries most affected by the COVID-19
pandemic. Serological surveys are a valuable tool to assess the extent of the epidemic …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) are common heart
muscle disorders that are caused by pathogenic variants in sarcomere protein genes. HCM …

The heart and liver are organs that are closely related in both health and disease. Patients
who undergo liver transplantation may suffer from heart disease that is:(a) related to the …

Objective To estimate the infection fatality risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), based on deaths with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 …

Doppler echocardiography remains the most extended clinical modality for the evaluation of
left ventricular (LV) function. Current Doppler ultrasound methods, however, are limited to …

Aims We aimed to determine whether treatment with sildenafil improves outcomes of
patients with persistent pulmonary hypertension (PH) after correction of valvular heart …

The best definitive treatment option for end-stage heart failure currently is transplantation,
which is limited by donor availability and immunorejection. Generating an autologous …

Background—Diastolic suction is a major determinant of early left ventricular filling in animal
experiments. However, suction remains incompletely characterized in the clinical setting …

Background: Intraventricular fluid dynamics can be assessed clinically using imaging. The
contribution of vortex structures to left ventricular (LV) diastolic function has never been …

Background: Systemic arterial load impacts the symptomatic status and outcome of patients
with calcific degenerative aortic stenosis (AS). However, assessing vascular properties is …