OBJECTIVE: Obesity is associated with a high mortality rate due to cardiovascular disease. Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy has been described in relation to obesity. The aim of this study was to ...

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 ...

After an MI, some people have heart failure because of damage to heart muscle and impaired contraction of the left ventricle. This is known as left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD). The ...

Takotsubo syndrome (TS) is a cardiac entity known for over 30 years, but its treatment remains a major clinical problem. Recommendations for therapy, mainly pharmacologic, based on various research ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Empagliflozin conferred improvements in parameters of left atrial function vs. placebo in patients with type 2 ...