Background Sepsis is a common condition encountered by emergency and critical care
physicians, with significant costs, both economic and human. Myocardial dysfunction in …

Assessment of right ventricular (RV) function is crucial for the evaluation of the dyspnoeic
patient and/or with systemic venous congestion and provides powerful prognostic insights. It …

Background Hyperglycemia has been associated with increased inflammatory indexes and
larger infarct sizes in patients with obstructive acute myocardial infarction (obs-AMI). In …

Aims In patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), the effect of
tafamidis on myocardial function using serial speckle tracking echocardiography has not …

Background Cardiac output (CO) monitoring is a valuable tool for the diagnosis and
management of critically ill patients. In the critical care setting, few studies have evaluated …

Aims Tafamidis treatment positively affects left ventricular (LV) structure and function and
improves outcomes in patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). We …

Aims This study aimed to investigate the incremental value offered by left atrial reservoir
strain (LASr) to the 2016 American Society of Echocardiography/European Association of …

Background Incretin-based therapies are used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus
(T2DM) and obesity. We investigated the changes in arterial stiffness and left ventricular (LV) …

Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), rapidly increasing to epidemic proportions,
globally escalates cardiovascular disease risk. Although intensive interventions and …

Background In critically ill patients, changes in the velocity-time integral (VTI) of the left
ventricular outflow tract, measured by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), are often used …