Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, Canada, and
worldwide. Severe disease is characterized by coronary artery occlusion, loss of blood flow …

Background Cardiomyopathy (CMP) is the most common cause of mortality in Duchenne
muscular dystrophy (DMD), though the age of onset and clinical progression vary. We …

Aim Retrospective studies suggest that mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in pediatric
patients may lead to an increased risk of cardiac events. However, the exact functional and …

Myocarditis is typically caused by viral infections, but most cases are thought to be
subclinical. Echocardiography is often used for initial assessment of myocarditis patients but …

Age, hypertension, and the female sex are among the risk factors in the development of
heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. We studied by standard and speckle-tracking …

Background Therapeutic strategies for preventing paradoxical reperfusion injury after
myocardial ischemia are limited. We tested whether central nervous system actions of leptin …

Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of death in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD);
however, in the mdx mouse model of DMD, the cardiac phenotype differs from that seen in …

Background Although experimental research supports that resistance training (RT),
especially with greater dietary protein intake, improves muscle mass and strength in older …

Tendon biomechanical properties and fibril organization are altered in patients with diabetes
compared to healthy individuals, yet few biomarkers have been associated with in vivo …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm disease is the local enlargement of the aorta, typically in the
infrarenal section, causing up to 200,000 deaths/year. In vivo information to characterize the …