Nature

Heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic function: is it being overlooked?

Clinical trials of therapies for heart failure (HF) are usually performed in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). The ...
Medical Xpress

Left ventricular systolic function after pulmonary valve replacement

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, Ali N. Zaidi and W. Aaron Kay from Columbus Ohio Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's ...
Medscape

Systolic and Diastolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction: From Risk Factors to Overt Heart Failure

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 ...
Renal & Urology News

Worsening Renal Function May Be Associated With LVEF in Acute Heart Failure

Credit: Getty Images Worsening renal function may be associated with left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with acute heart failure. Worsening renal function (WRF) may be associated with left ...
Medscape

CHARM Low LVEF: Candesartan in Heart Failure–Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity Low Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Trials

The CHARM program consisted of 3 component trials that compared candesartan with placebo in patients with symptomatic heart failure. Two trials randomized patients with LVEF ≤ 40%: CHARM-Alternative, ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Focused Cardiac Ultrasonography for Right Ventricular Size and Systolic Function

Focused cardiac ultrasonography is a practical, transthoracic, qualitative or semiquantitative means of assessing cardiac size, structure, and function that is performed and interpreted by the ...
TCTMD

Diabetes, Multivessel CAD, and LV Dysfunction? Registry Analysis Gives CABG the Edge Over PCI

Patients with diabetes, multivessel coronary artery disease, and left ventricular dysfunction fare significantly better when treated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery instead of PCI, a ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Factors That Determine VO2 Max Importance as Measure of Heart Failure Severity

Right ventricular systolic function evaluated through VO2 max is a more accurate measure of functional capacity of persons with heart failure compared with left ventricular systolic function. This ...
Healio

4D-guided CRT lead placement improves left ventricular function vs. standard care

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . 4D model-guided cardiac resynchronization lead placement improved left ventricular function vs. standard care.
BMJ

Preload maintenance protects against a depression in left ventricular systolic, but not diastolic, function immediately after ultraendurance exercise

1 MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa 2 Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, ...
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Left ventricular systolic function after pulmonary valve replacement

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 21-30(10); DOI 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0050, Ali N. Zaidi and W. Aaron Kay from Columbus Ohio Adult ...