▪ Abstract Valvular heart disease is a life-threatening disease that afflicts millions of people
worldwide and leads to approximately 250,000 valve repairs and/or replacements each …

Heart valves (HVs) are cardiac structures whose physiological function is to ensure directed
blood flow through the heart over the cardiac cycle. While primarily passive structures that …

Background—Noninvasive assessment of diastolic filling by Doppler echocardiography
provides important information about left ventricular (LV) status in selected subsets of …

As we enter the new millennium, the prospects for the field of Biomedical Engineering are
bright. Individuals interested in pursuing careers in this field continue to increase and the …

Aims Sex differences in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) remain unclear. We sought to
characterize sex differences in a large HCM referral centre population. Methods and results …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the protective effect of carvedilol in
anthracycline (ANT)-induced cardiomyopathy (CMP). Background: Despite its broad …

Background—Early diagnosis of nonacute heart failure is crucial because prompt initiation
of evidence-based treatment can prevent or slow down further progression. To diagnose …

Background—After acute myocardial infarction (AMI), diastolic function assessed by Doppler
echocardiography provides important prognostic information that is incremental to systolic …

Background Patients with acute pulmonary edema often have marked hypertension but,
after reduction of the blood pressure, have a normal left ventricular ejection fraction (≥ …

Aims To establish the prevalence of unrecognized heart failure in elderly patients with a
diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in a stable phase of their disease …