Background and Aims The present study aimed to evaluate the relationship between serum N‐terminal (NT)‐pro‐brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels and incidence of left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic dysfunction in patients who underwent low‐dose
Fatemeh Mohammadi +4 more
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There is controversy whether a lifetime of heavy resistance training, providing pressure-overload, is harmful for left ventricular function. We compared left ventricular dimensions and function in elite Masters athletes involved in throwing events ...
Fabian Hoffmann +10 more
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Synergistic Model of Cardiac Function with a Heart Assist Device [PDF]
The breakdown of cardiac self-organization leads to heart diseases and failure, the number one cause of death worldwide. The left ventricular pressure–volume relation plays a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases.
Bestel, Haken, Knudsen, Simaan, Tuzun
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Percutaneous Revascularization for Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction.
BACKGROUND Whether revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can improve event-free survival and left ventricular function in patients with severe ischemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction, as compared with optimal medical ...
D. Perera +23 more
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Interleukin-18 mediates cardiac dysfunction induced by western diet independent of obesity and hyperglycemia in the mouse [PDF]
Obesity and diabetes are independent risk factors for heart failure and are associated with the consumption of diet rich in saturated fat and sugar, Western diet (WD), known to induce cardiac dysfunction in the mouse through incompletely characterized ...
Abbate, A. +7 more
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Impact of overweight on left ventricular function in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Background Coexistence of left ventricular (LV) longitudinal myocardial systolic dysfunction with LV diastolic dysfunction could lead to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
Makiko Suto +16 more
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance of cardiac function and myocardial mass in preterm infants: a preliminary study of the impact of patent ductus arteriosus [PDF]
BackgroundMany pathologies seen in the preterm population are associated with abnormal blood supply, yet robust evaluation of preterm cardiac function is scarce and consequently normative ranges in this population are limited.
Alan M Groves +7 more
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Background With hypertension, the cardiovascular system changes to adapt to the varying neuro-humoral and hemodynamic changes and this may lead to the development of different left ventricular geometric patterns, each carrying a different risk profile ...
Silangei Lairumbe +6 more
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Acute echocardiographic effects of sotalol on ventricular systolic function in dogs with ventricular arrhythmias. [PDF]
BackgroundSotalol is a commonly used antiarrhythmic drug that may alter ventricular function.ObjectiveTo determine the effect of sotalol on echocardiographic indices of ventricular systolic function in dogs with ventricular arrhythmias.AnimalsThirty-five
Anderson +30 more
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Assessment of the tissue distribution of transplanted human endothelial progenitor cells by radioactive labeling [PDF]
Background— Transplantation of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) improves vascularization and left ventricular function after experimental myocardial ischemia.
Aicher, A +9 more
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