The left atrium is a dynamic chamber with peculiar characteristics. Stressors and disease
mechanisms may deeply modify its structure and function, leading to left atrial remodelling …

Heart failure (HF) is an extremely major health problem with gradually increasing incidence
in developed and developing countries. HF may lead to cardiac remodeling; thus, advanced …

The accurate evaluation of left ventricular (LV) function has been central to monitoring of
therapy, institution of specific therapeutic interventions and as a prognostic marker for risk …

Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 112 (3): 326-368 médica sistemática, uniformizada, capaz de
abranger a ampla população de esportistas e atletas antes da realização de exercício …

Movement is a part of daily life for humans, who must get from one place to another, pick up
and carry things, relate to others or simply move for the pleasure of moving. Caspersen et …

Echocardiography is the most common diagnostic tool to screen for Fabry cardiomyopathy
as it is fast, non-invasive, low-cost, widely available, easily applicable and reproducible …

Objective Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is an uncontested diagnostic tool for
identifying and assessing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients. Concerning the …

In recent years, cardiovascular disease has garnered increasing attention as the second
leading cause of death in individuals with acromegaly, following malignancy. Identifying …

Emerging evidence shows the clinical usefulness of left atrium analysis in different fields of
cardiovascular medicine in terms of diagnosis, prognosis and as a potential target for …

Background Cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) have decreased left ventricular
(LV) longitudinal deformation detected by mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) …