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Asymptomatic Left Ventricle Systolic Dysfunction
Author(s): Jaskanwal D Sara , Takumi Toya , Riad Taher , et al Added: 3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) affects more than 6 million people in the US and results in more than 1 million hospitalisations per year.1 In patients aged ≥65 years, there are more hospitalisations for a primary diagnosis of HF than any other condition.2 HF is a debilitating illness, associated with significant morbidity and mortality, rehospitalisation and societal costs.3 Current guidelines and position… View more

Heart Failure
Author(s): Jose Luis Zamorano , Leopoldo Pérez Added: 3 years ago
Mitral valve disease is a common disease that requires an accurate evaluation in order to decide when and how the problem should be treated. Realtime three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3-D) is a new technique that allows us to visualise the mitral valvular anatomy in any desired space orientation. This review will focus on two specific subject areas in which our research team has been working:… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Intervention
Author(s): Douglas Ewan Cannie , Mohammed Majid Akhtar , Perry Elliott Added: 3 years ago
Heart failure is a global health challenge, affecting 1–2% of the population and up to an estimated 64 million people worldwide.1,2 In the UK, just under 1 million people have heart failure, with approximately 350 new diagnoses each year per 100,000 population.3 The lifetime risk of developing heart failure at 55 years of age is 33% for men and 28% for women.4 The heart failure population is… View more

Heart Failure
Imaging Techniques for the Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve
Author(s): Mario Petretta , Pierluigi Costanzo , Alberto Cuocolo Added: 3 years ago
Myocardial blood flow (MBF) must respond to changes in metabolic conditions and oxygen requests to meet the needs of myocytes, and autoregulation plays a mayor role in the control of coronary circulation.1–3 It has been demonstrated that, as a coronary artery is progressively narrowed, resting flow does not change at first, but maximal flow (achieved by injecting a vasodilator) decreases… View more

Anticoagulation

Intervention
Author(s): Marek Roik , Malgorzata H Starczewska , Grzegorz Opolski Added: 3 years ago
Diastolic heart failure (DHF) has become one of the largest problems facing us. The results of the Euro Heart Failure Survey showed that almost 50% of patients with clinical symptoms of chronic heart failure (CHF) have preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).1 According to the recommendations of the European Society of Cardiology, DHF should be diagnosed only when signs or symptoms of… View more

Heart Failure

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Raluca Dulgheru , Sara Hana Weisz , Julien Magne , et al Added: 3 years ago
Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most frequent valvular heart disease in developed countries,1 with a steady increase in prevalence as the population ages. Progressive degeneration of aortic leaflets,2 age-related and enhanced by common cardiovascular risk factors,3 is the most frequent aetiology. Besides ‘calcific’ AS (the valvular disease of the elderly), the second most frequent aetiology is… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Intervention
Author(s): Rajarshi Banerjee , Paul Leeson Added: 3 years ago
There is a great concern among both health professionals and the public about the best way of managing the current explosion in adult and adolescent obesity. In the US, the prevalence of obese teenagers between 1980 and 2007 increased from 5 to 18 %1 and the UK has seen a similar trend, especially in boys (see Figure 1). Since a substantial proportion of obese teenagers become obese adults,2,3 it… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Troponin in Non-ischaemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Author(s): Andrea Barison , Luigi Emilio Pastormerlo , Alberto Giannoni Added: 3 years ago
Among the various cardiovascular diseases, non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality.1 DCM is characterised by the presence of left ventricular dilatation and systolic dysfunction in the absence of coronary artery disease or abnormal loading conditions (hypertension, valvular disease).2 It originates from several aetiologies and includes… View more

Heart Failure
Author(s): Zaki Akhtar , Lisa WM Leung , Christos Kontogiannis , et al Added: 2 years ago

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Heart Failure
Author(s): C Richard Conti Added: 3 years ago
There is no question that Americans are more obese than they were 50 years ago. However, this is also true of the entire world.1 Why Lose Weight? Unfortunately, for most people, the main motivation for losing weight seems to be cosmetic. Everyone wants to look like a movie star. Most (but not all) individuals want a slimmer body. For the most part, the individual who wishes to lose weight is… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions