Stroke and systemic embolism occur frequently in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) in sinus rhythm (SR), but the risk and predictors of embolic events in this population are not…
Limited data exist about the long-term prognosis of patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) further stratified according to ejection fraction (EF) findings. The primary objective of this population-based observational…
Several key clinical questions, such as which patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DC) will recover, how many will relapse, when will they relapse, and predictors of relapse, have sparse data. The…
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an effective alternative therapy in selected patients with severe aortic stenosis. The role and effects of coexistent moderate to severe mitral regurgitation (msMR) in…
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of myocardial fibrosis in Fabry disease. Seventy-three patients with genetically confirmed Fabry disease were followed for 4.8 ± 2.4 years. In…
Data comparing the effect of renal denervation (RD) with those of maximal medical therapy (MMT) have shown conflicting results. Also, effect of RD on pulse pressure (PP) has not been…
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF), common in older adults, are associated with poor outcomes. However, little is known about their impact, independent of each other. We studied 5,673…
Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) is a stress-responsive cytokine that increased in patients with established type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DC), defined as left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in…
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is commonly associated with left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction and LV hypertrophy. We sought to examine whether preclinical LV diastolic dysfunction can occur independent of LV hypertrophy…
Effects of exercise rehabilitation on electrocardiographic markers of risk for sudden cardiac death have not been adequately studied. We examined effects of controlled exercise training on T-wave alternans (TWA) in…
