• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

Abstract Aims This European Association Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Expert
Consensus document aims at defining the main quantitative information on cardiac structure …

Nearly half of all patients with heart failure (HF) have a normal left ventricular (LV) ejection
fraction (EF) and the condition is termed heart failure with preserved ejection fraction …

Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function is an integral part of
the routine evaluation of patients presenting with symptoms of dyspnea or heart failure. The …

A unique and highly versatile technique, stress echocardiography (SE) is increasingly
recognized for its utility in the evaluation of non-ischaemic heart disease. SE allows for …

In this scientific statement from the American Heart Association, experts in the field of
cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) in children address 2 issues: the most current …

Athletic training is associated with a spectrum of morphologic and functional cardiac
adaptations known as 'the athlete's heart'. 1, 2 To the purpose of the present document an …

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is an inherited myocardial disease defined by
cardiac hypertrophy (wall thickness≥ 15 mm) that is not explained by abnormal loading …

Contrast echocardiography is widely used in cardiology. It is applied to improve image
quality, reader confidence and reproducibility both for assessing left ventricular (LV) …

Aims Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients are at risk of ventricular arrhythmias
(VAs). We aimed to explore whether systolic function by strain echocardiography is related …