The assessment of functional capacity reflects the ability to perform activities of daily living
that require sustained aerobic metabolism. The integrated efforts and health of the …

Over 4 million people worldwide have received a prosthetic heart valve, and an estimated
300 000 valves are being implanted every year. Prosthetic heart valves improve quality of …

Transient network hydrogels cross-linked through histidine–divalent cation coordination
bonds were studied by conventional rheologic methods using histidine-modified star poly …

Objectives: We evaluated a large multicenter series of patients operated on for low-flow/low-
gradient aortic stenosis (LF/LGAS) to stratify the operative risk, assess whether perioperative …

Objective To assess the cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
compared with medical management in patients with severe aortic stenosis who are …

The 2006 practice guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American
Heart Association recommend prophylactic aortic replacement for even an asymptomatic …

Aortic valve stenosis in children is a congenital heart defect that causes fixed form of
hemodynamically significant left ventricular outflow tract obstruction with progressive course …

Background: Accurate assessment of aortic valve area (AVA) is important for clinical
decision-making in patients with aortic valve stenosis (AS). The role of three-dimensional …

Background Heart failure is a major and growing public health problem worldwide. The
prognosis of Heart Failure (HF) is uniformly poor despite advances in treatment. The aims of …

Die Ergometrie stellt ein Standardverfahren in der Kardiologie dar. Dies hat sich auch durch
neue diagnostische Verfahren nicht wesentlich geändert. Ziel dieser Leitlinien ist es, eine …