Background Hyperlipidemia has been suggested as a risk factor for stenosis of the aortic
valve, but lipid-lowering studies have had conflicting results. Methods We conducted a …

Aims To prospectively compare the agreement of left ventricular volumes and ejection
fraction by M-mode echocardiography (echo), 2D echo, radionuclide ventriculography and …

Despite modern immunosuppressive regimes, acute rejection remains a leading cause of
morbidity and mortality in heart transplant recipients. Clinical features are unreliable, and …

Background—Extracellular matrix expansion is a key element of ventricular remodeling and
a potential therapeutic target. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) T1-mapping …

Valvular heart disease, particularly aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation, accounts for a
large proportion of cardiology practice, and their prevalence is predicted to increase …

Background—Retrospective studies have suggested that patients with a low transvalvular
gradient in the presence of an aortic valve area< 1.0 cm2 and normal ejection fraction may …

Standards for echocardiographic laboratories were proposed by the European Association
of Echocardiography (now the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging) 7 years …

OBJECTIVE--To evaluate the incidence of intraoperative and early postoperative
complications (up to two months after implant) of endocardial permanent pacemaker …

Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction determines prognosis in patients with chronic pulmonary
disease. We examined the relative prognostic potential of measures of systolic, diastolic …

Objectives: This study sought to assess the impact of valvuloarterial impedance on left
ventricular (LV) myocardial systolic function in asymptomatic aortic valve stenosis (AS) …