This review aims to serve as a guide for clinical practice and to appraise the current
knowledge on exercise stress echocardiography in the evaluation of intraventricular …

In numerical simulations of cardiac mechanics, coupling the heart to a model of the
circulatory system is essential for capturing physiological cardiac behavior. A popular and …

Background To explore the value of myocardial strain derived from cardiac magnetic
resonance (CMR) feature tracking in evaluating left ventricular function in acute myocarditis …

The aim of the present study was to characterize intraventricular pressure gradients (IVPGs)
in an animal model of chronic heart failure. New Zealand rabbits were treated with …

Objective The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of late gadolinium
enhancement (LGE) on the diastolic volume recovery of left ventricle in patients with …

New Findings What is the central question of this study? Normal diastolic and systolic
intraventricular pressure gradients are decreased when left ventricular filling and/or …

Regional pressure differences between sites within the left ventricular cavity have long been
identified, and the potential clinical value of diastolic and systolic intraventricular pressure …

Diastole begins in systole, as energy stored within the myocyte and as torsion in the
interstitial fibers of the myocardium. As systole ends with aortic valve closure an abrupt …

The assessment of peak dynamic left ventricular or mean transvalvular obstructive gradient
by Doppler echocardiography is essential in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and valvular …

Despite the knowledge that the heart spends almost two-thirds of its time in diastole
(relaxing and filling), its contractile activity was for a long time considered the core of its …