Changes Clinical Practice: Intensivists should start using Doppler echocardiography (assessing all parameters of left ventricular [LV] filling pressures: E, A, E wave deceleration time (EDT), E/EDT, E ...
Introduction: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the gold standard for assessing left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Artificial intelligence (AI)-based echocardiographic analysis is ...
Background: Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction has been observed in cigarette smokers with coronary artery disease. The aim of the study was to assess LV and right ventricular (RV) diastolic ...
Two studies presented at CHEST 2020 assessed the impact of macitentan on cardiac function in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and determined what role reproducible exercise echocardiographic ...
DENVER, CO—For patients receiving optimal medical therapy, stenting a chronic total occlusion (CTO) does not provide a boost in either regional or global LV function, the REVASC trial shows. The ...
heart cardiovascular Study authors aimed to evaluate the association between beta-blocker use and all-cause mortality in patients presenting with ACS based on the presence or absence of significant LV ...