Advanced left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in patients undergoing TAVR is linked with almost a fourfold increase in risk of postprocedural death as early as 30 days postprocedure, ...

Early indications of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in obese people with no obvious heart disease suggest that a high body mass index (BMI) may have a direct metabolic effect on heart muscle and ...

Among patients with left ventricular dysfunction, transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement conferred elevated risk for cardiac mortality compared with transfemoral TAVR, researchers reported ...

Patients enrolled in the ISCHEMIA trial with a history of heart failure or left ventricular dysfunction randomized to invasive management with either PCI or CABG surgery had significantly better ...

The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer-reviewed. Impaired left ventricular (LV) myocardial strain observed in patients with obstructive ...

Nocturnal hypertension is an important predictor of the progression of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with diabetes without HF. An important predictor for the progression of left ...

Advancing stages of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction may be linked to all-cause mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement, according to data published in JACC: Cardiovascular ...

High levels of inflammatory biomarkers are associated with a higher incidence of acute heart failure (HF), increased risk of readmission, and higher mortality. 1 There is also a strong correlation ...

Recently, while preparing an updated presentation to the Saint Louis University cardiology fellows on "diastolic dysfunction," the Skeptical Cardiologist came across a document entitled "What Does ...