Diabetes causes cardiomyopathy and increases the risk of heart failure independent of
hypertension and coronary heart disease. This condition called “Diabetic Cardiomyopathy” …

The mammalian heart is a dynamic organ that can grow and change to accommodate
alterations in its workload. During development and in response to physiological stimuli or …

OBJECTIVE—The aims of this study were to update previous estimates of the congestive
heart failure (CHF) incidence rate in patients with type 2 diabetes, compare it with an age …

OBJECTIVE—To estimate the prevalence and incidence of congestive heart failure (CHF) in
populations with and without type 2 diabetes and to identify risk factors for diabetes …

Hypertension is a common cardiovascular risk factor leading to heart failure (HF), coronary
artery disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease and chronic renal insufficiency …

The increase in heart failure (HF) rates throughout the developed and developing regions of
the world poses enormous challenges for caregivers, researchers, and policymakers …

Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) promotes or inhibits cell proliferation and induces
fibrotic processes and extracellular matrix production in numerous cell types. Several …

Cardiovascular disease is emerging as a cardinal trait of Turner syndrome, being
responsible for half of the 3-fold excess mortality. Turner syndrome has been proposed as …

OBJECTIVE—Controversy exists regarding the relation between diabetes and nonischemic
idiopathic cardiomyopathy (ICM), and only limited data on the incidence of ICM in adults with …

As a result of insufficient digestion of oxidatively damaged macromolecules and organelles
by autophagy and other degradative systems, long‐lived postmitotic cells, such as cardiac …