Aims Exercise testing remains underused in patients with aortic stenosis (AS), partly due to concerns about an ...

From these signals we simultaneously determine peak and mean aortic velocities and acceleration as indices of cardiac output by Doppler studies and LV systolic function, and mitral E and A velocities ...

Impairment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function as well as systolic function appear very early in the course of heart disease. Recent HF guidelines, therefore, place special emphasis on the ...

Experts warn that this early stage of heart failure, classified as Stage B, often goes unnoticed but can lead to severe ...

[Heidenreich 2022:18a(e913)] The LV systolic function can be assessed, including estimation of LV ejection fraction. Diastolic function assessment can help determine the left heart diastolic ...

Optimal medical therapy must be present and at least 3 months must have elapsed in case the systolic function recovers to an ejection fraction > 35% in patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy or ...

In addition, in the overall population of patients with LVH, LA lateral wall systolic strain (β = 0.49; p<0.0001) was a powerful independent predictor of maximum workload during exercise testing.