Echocardiographic evaluation of left atrial mechanics: function, history, novel techniques, advantages, and pitfalls

R Leischik, H Littwitz, B Dworrak, P Garg… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Left atrial (LA) functional analysis has an established role in assessing left ventricular
diastolic function. The current standard echocardiographic parameters used to study left …

[PDF][PDF] Coexistent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-heart failure: mechanisms, diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas

SK Chhabra, M Gupta - Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci, 2010 - researchgate.net
Mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is more often due to cardiac
rather than respiratory causes. The coexistence of heart failure (HF) and COPD is frequent …

Intramyocardial delivery of mesenchymal stem cell-seeded hydrogel preserves cardiac function and attenuates ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction

E Mathieu, G Lamirault, C Toquet, P Lhommet… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background To improve the efficacy of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)
therapy targeted to infarcted myocardium, we investigated whether a self-setting silanized …

Early aerobic exercise combined with hydrogen-rich saline as preconditioning protects myocardial injury induced by acute myocardial infarction in rats

R Feng, M Cai, X Wang, J Zhang, Z Tian - Applied biochemistry and …, 2019 - Springer
It has been reported that hydrogen-rich saline (HRS) water reduces oxidative stress, and
early aerobic exercise (eAE) acts an efficient exercise preconditioning (EP) against cardiac …

Систолическая и диастолическая дисфункции левого желудочка самостоятельные типы сердечной недостаточности или две стороны одного процесса?

ОА Штегман, ЮА Терещенко - Кардиология, 2004 - elibrary.ru
Нарушение диастолической и систолической функций миокарда в настоящее время
является предметом активного изучения. Большинство исследователей отмечают …

Study protocol, randomized controlled trial: reducing symptom burden in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction using ubiquinol and/or D-ribose

JD Pierce, DE Mahoney, JB Hiebert… - BMC cardiovascular …, 2018 - Springer
Background Heart failure (HF), the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the US, affects
6.6 million adults with an estimated additional 3 million people by 2030. More than 50% of …

Inotropic and lusitropic effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the heart

M Al-Rubaiee, PR Gangula, RM Millis… - American Journal …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Previous studies have demonstrated positive-inotropic effects of calcitonin gene-related
peptide (CGRP), but the mechanisms remain unclear. Therefore, two experiments were …

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction of the cardiac surgery patient; a point of view for the cardiac surgeon and cardio-anesthesiologist

EE Apostolakis, NG Baikoussis, H Parissis… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2009 - Springer
Background Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (DD) is defined as the inability of the
ventricle to fill to a normal end-diastolic volume, both during exercise as well as at rest, while …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation between vascular endothelial growth factor and long‑term prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction

J Niu, X Han, H Qi, J Yin… - Experimental and …, 2016 - spandidos-publications.com
The aim of the present study was to investigate the correlation between plasma the levels of
vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) …

Echocardiographic strain imaging and its use in the clinical setting

C Cottrell, JN Kirkpatrick - Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The use of echocardiography has grown tremendously over the past several years. It is used
routinely for diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring changes of cardiac function in coronary …