It is widely known that liver cirrhosis, regardless of the etiologies is accompanied by severe
hemodynamic changes. The principal pathophysiological mechanisms are the …

Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is the most common inherited human ataxia and results from a
deficiency of the mitochondrial protein, frataxin (FXN), which is encoded in the nucleus. This …

Background: Diastolic dysfunction is important predictor of morbidity and mortality in patients
with metabolic syndrome. This prospective study is to evaluate an association and pattern of …

Objective: To determine the validity of electrocardiographic QT interval in predicting left
ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with suspected heart failure using …

Objective: We aimed to investigate the effect of human hemochromatosis protein (HFE)
polymorphisms on cardiac iron overload in patients with beta-thalassemia major. Methods …

Objective: This study aimed to determine the utility of tissue Doppler, pulse-wave Doppler,
and conventional echocardiography for the detection of cardiac dysfunction in the early …

More than half of heart failure patients are diagnosed with Heart Failure with a preserved
Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), a clinical syndrome characterized by cardiomyocyte stiffening …

Vortex ring formation is observed in the human cardiac left ventricle (LV) during diastole.
Numerous studies to date have examined the intraventricular filling vortex for potential use …

Background In the past, cardiovascular involvement did not seem to be a common
complication of HIV, but in recent years it has been described more frequently. With the …

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