Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), characterized by chamber dilatation and myocardial systolic
and diastolic dysfunction, is one of the most common heart diseases in dogs. The aetiology …

OBJECTIVES.: The purpose of this study was to examine the relation of the mitral flow
velocity curves to left ventricular filling pressures in patients with two different types of …

Background In patients with chronic heart failure, the use of carvedilol therapy induces
clinical and hemodynamic improvement. However, although the benefits of this β-blocker …

Objectives. We sought to assess the prognostic implications of the evolution of restrictive left
ventricular filling pattern (RFP) in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Background. Previous …

We examined the efficacy of long-term L-carnitine administration for the treatment of heart
failure caused by dilated cardiomyopathy in adult patients. To accomplish this, we studied …

Objectives. We sought to assess whether in clinically stable patients with chronic heart
failure (CHF) the prolongation (ie, increase) of an initially short (≤ 125 ms) Doppler …

OBJECTIVES The study assessed changes in left ventricular systolic and diastolic function
after pericardiectomy in patients with constrictive pericarditis and correlated postoperative …

Transmitral flow velocity patterns evaluated by Doppler echocardiography provide important
hemodynamic and prognostic information in various cardiac conditions. However, these …

Background β-Blockers have been used in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
to improve cardiac performance and theoretically would be beneficial to diastolic function …

Abstract Background Novel implantable defibrillators (ICDs) allow first (S1) and third (S3)
heart sounds to be measured by means of an embedded accelerometer. ICD-measured S1 …