Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of mortality in patients with DMD. Compared with their healthy counterparts, patients with DMD — including those with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction ...

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 ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of adult death worldwide, making cardiovascular disease diagnosis and management a global ...

A follow-up of participants in a heart function study finds that the prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (left ventricular filling [with blood] is abnormal and is accompanied by ...

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, ...

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is associated with worse health status among patients with severe aortic stenosis, but TAVR leads to clinically meaningful symptomatic improvements regardless of ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of adult death worldwide, making cardiovascular disease diagnosis and management a global ...

Evaluation of NT-proBNP in patients may lead to early exclusion of Left Ventricular dysfunction, according to a new study. The value and cost-effectiveness of screening for left ventricular (LV) ...

A routine physical examination does not allow diagnosing systolic or diastolic LV dysfunction in the preclinical phase (stage B). Similarly, a physical examination cannot accurately characterize the ...