For a long time, the study of heart failure focused on single heart chamber disease. There is,
instead, growing attention on the interplay between the atria and the ventricles during the …

Heart failure has become the cardiovascular epidemic of the century. The European Journal
of Heart Failure is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge in the field of heart failure …

As specialized compartments of the heart, the atria feature unique mechanical and structural
properties that differ considerably from those of the ventricular myocardium. Beyond their …

Heart failure (HF) is mainly caused by left ventricular (LV) impairment of function, hence
detailed assessment of its structure and function is a clinical priority. The frequent …

Systolic heart failure (HF) is a progressive disorder that often begins with asymptomatic left
ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and culminates in symptoms from fluid overload and …

Now in its fourth edition, the Atlas of Heart Failure provides a comprehensive up-to-date
overview of normal cardiac function, the mechanisms of dysfunction in heart failure, and the …

Heart failure is the common and final pathway of all the cardiovascular diseases. Its
pathophysiology has progressed during the last 20 years; although the inotropy was the …

In past cardiovascular medicine, the attention to the left ventricle-identified as the only
indicator and determinant of healthy or unhealthy cardiac conditions-has systematically …

The heart should not be divided in right and left, whether in health nor in disease. However,
the morphological and functional differences between the right and left ventricle should be …

There is currently a general consensus in the literature about the definitions of diastolic
dysfunction and diastolic failure, even though these concepts have only relatively recently …