Severe hypothyroidism is associated with a high burden of systolic/diastolic ventricular dysfunction and myocardial deformation abnormalities.

Background Although the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with SLE is well-documented, effective tools for risk stratification remain elusive. This study sought to explore the ...

BACKGROUND: Right ventricular failure drives both morbidity and mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), but the mechanism of transition from compensated right ventricle (cRV) to ...

Reduced progression of myocardial fibrosis measured by LGE on cardiac MRI (p=0.022)Significant improvement in LVEF versus placebo in patients with baseline cardiomyopathy (p=0.017)Global Statistical ...

The arterial vasculature is the second most frequently calcified structure in the human body after the skeleton. Calcification of the aorta and aortic valves occurs in most individuals in westernized ...

Bicuspid aortic valve affects up to one in 50 people, but many don't know they have the heart defect until symptoms appear in ...

Live Science spoke with Dr. John Pandolfino, a researcher who designed a "digital twin" to help guide surgery.

Bicuspid aortic valve affects up to one in 50 people, but many don't know they have this congenital heart defect until symptoms appear in middle age ...

Doctors say up to one in 50 people are born with a bicuspid aortic valve which needs regular checks - but many are not diagnosed until middle age ...

Can the bend of a banana give us insight into cancer? What does the shape of a rice grain have to do with infertility? The ...

Objective: To obtain the derived parameter left atrial stiffness index (LASI) using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (2D-STI) and evaluate the diagnostic value o ...

New analyses out to 24-months showed improvement in heart and lung function compared to expected declines in DMD natural history - - Data expand on previously reported results demonstrating that z-ros ...