Whether left ventricular (LV) systolic properties are reduced in diastolic heart failure (DHF) remains controversial, because patients with DHF maintain a normal stroke volume and ejection fraction ...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is prognostically relevant, associated with major cardiovascular risk factors and with atherosclerosis. However, whether LVH is independently associated with ...

Background: Prolonged steady state exercise can lead to a decrease in left ventricular (LV) function as well as promote the release of cardiac troponin T (cTnT). There is limited information on the ...

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 ...

Background/Objectives: Myocardial and liver iron overload can be assessed through T2* in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is unclear, how T2* measurements are associated with systolic and ...

Department of Ultrasonography, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou Henan, China Objective: This study aims to explore the value of layer-specific strain in evaluating the differences in left ...

Purpose: Levosimendan (LEVO) is a novel calcium sensitizing agent with positive inotropic effect. Hemodynamic effects of LEVO have been reported to begin 10 min after the administration. Although ...

Introduction: Aging is associated with changes in left ventricular (LV) structure and function, and with increasing incidence of heart failure. However, little is known about longitudinal changes in ...

It is a common perception that approximately 50% of heart failure (HF) patients present with a normal or near-normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ("HF with preserved systolic function"), ...

Obstructive sleep apnea subjects the failing heart to adverse hemodynamic and adrenergic loads and may thereby contribute to the progression of heart failure. We hypothesized that treatment of ...

8 Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Correspondence to Mathew Wilson, Research Centre for Sport and Exercise Performance, School of ...