Focused cardiac ultrasonography is a point-of-care, qualitative or semiquantitative means of assessing cardiac size, structure, and function that is performed and interpreted by the clinician at the ...

Because life expectancy and the prevalence of risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes are rising globally, heart failure (HF) is growing into a major health problem. Impairment of left ...

Right ventricular systolic function evaluated through VO2 max is a more accurate measure of functional capacity of persons with heart failure compared with left ventricular systolic function. This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subclinical impairments in left ventricular systolic function were associated with risk for future incident HF ...

The CHARM program consisted of 3 component trials, each comparing candesartan with placebo in a distinct population of patients with symptomatic heart failure [9]: CHARM-Alternative: patients with ...

LBBB is linked to electrical abnormalities, causing inefficient heart pumping, dilation, and systolic dysfunction. The study found LBBB associated with increased heart failure risk, surpassing other ...