Left-sided heart failure occurs when the left ventricle of the heart is unable to adequately pump blood to the rest of the body. This is the most prevalent type of heart failure and it becomes ...

To enable this mechanical role, ventricular function is intimately related to ventricular structure. However, the two ventricles differ. Morphologically, the RV is distinguished from the left ...

Ventricular scars are a major source of substrate for ventricular arrhythmias. Scars causing VT contain myocyte bundles separated by fibrosis ... A voltage map of the left ventricle viewed ...

Over time, repetitive injury may lead to changes that resemble right (or less often) left ventricular (LV) cardiomyopathy ... a disproportionate increase in RV stroke work index relative to that of ...

Newer risk markers have been developed including left ventricular and atrial strain, myocardial fibrosis demonstrated using late gadolinium enhancement, mitral annular disjunction and ventricular ...

As the left ventricle (lower chamber) weakens, pressure in the heart rises and causes fluid to back up into the lungs. This fluid eventually moves into the right side of the heart. Left-sided ...

Therefore, use of ARNI has not been considered in this analysis. Interventricular septal thickness in diastole (IVSd) and left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVEDD) were assessed in the ...

and calcium channel blockers are used in selected patients to decrease left ventricular hypertrophy. To decrease myocardial fibrosis, aldosterone antagonists have a potential therapeutic role.

14 Left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction was defined as an LV ejection fraction of ⩽45%. None of the patients had any contraindications for a cardiac MRI, especially renal insufficiency, which ...

Patients with end-stage heart failure and low pulmonary capillary wedge pressure are referred to as cold and dry and represent an understudied minority in whom the benefit of left ventricular assist ...

Objectives To investigate the association between left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction and multiparity in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Design Cross-sectional study.