The anatomy of the adult human left ventricle (LV) is the result of its complex interaction with
its environment. From the fetal to the neonatal to the adult form, the human LV undergoes an …

In the recent past, new ultrasound technologies, such as three‐dimensional
echocardiography and strain imaging echocardiography, raised up in clinical practice …

Aims Sympathetic stimulation induces left ventricular hypertrophy and is associated with
increased cardiovascular risk. Catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) has been shown to …

Objectives: This study sought to investigate the associations of left ventricular (LV) strain and
its serial change with major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in hypertensive heart disease …

Aims Evaluation of left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation by speckle tracking
echocardiography (STE) is useful for clinical and research purposes. However, strain …

Objective To investigate whether sphericity volume index (SVI), an indicator of left ventricular
(LV) remodelling, predicts incident cardiovascular events (coronary heart disease, CHD; all …

Aims Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an independent risk factor for the development of heart
failure. To better understand the mechanism by which this occurs, we investigated cardiac …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) strain analysis is constrained by geometry-dependent
reference directions of deformation (ie radial, circumferential, and longitudinal) following the …

Introduction Obesity, hypertension, and diabetes are independently associated with cardiac
remodeling and frequently co-cluster. The conjoint and separate influences of these …

Refractory hypertension (RfHTN) is an extreme phenotype of antihypertensive treatment
failure defined as lack of blood pressure control with≥ 5 medications, including a long …