Focused cardiac ultrasonography is a point-of-care, qualitative or semiquantitative means of assessing cardiac size, structure, and function that is performed and interpreted by the clinician at the ...

Introduction: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the gold standard for assessing left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Artificial intelligence (AI)-based echocardiographic analysis is ...

Observational studies suggest that conventional right ventricular apical pacing may have a deleterious effect on left ventricular function. In this study, we examined whether biventricular pacing is ...

Stockholm, Sweden - The PREAMI study has shown that elderly post-MI patients who have normal left ventricular function undergo significant remodeling, which can be reduced with the ACE inhibitor ...

Because life expectancy and the prevalence of risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes are rising globally, heart failure (HF) is growing into a major health problem. Impairment of left ...