Search results for "Left Ventricular"

Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Time to See Beyond Articular Involvement in "Real World" Clinical Practice: Comment on the Article by M…

2015

Left ventricular noncompaction presenting like a double-chambered left ventricle

2015

Long-term outcome in patients with Takotsubo syndrome presenting with severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction

2019

Aim: To evaluate the long-term outcome of patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) and severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ≤ 35%) at presentation. Methods and results: The study population included 326 patients (mean age 69.5 ± 10.7 years, 28 male) with TTS enrolled in the Takotsubo Italian Network, divided into two groups according to LVEF (≤ 35%, n = 131; > 35%, n = 195), as assessed by transthoracic echocardiography at hospital admission. In-hospital events were recorded in both groups. At long-term follow-up (median 26.5 months, interquartile range 18–33), composite major adverse cardiac events (MACE: cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and …

Magnetic Resonance Assessment of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction at Any Time Post-Infarction for Prediction of Subsequent Events in a Large Multic…

2021

Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most accurate imaging technique for left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) quantification, but as yet the prognostic value of LVEF assessment at any time after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) for subsequent major adverse cardiac event (MACE) prediction is uncertain. Purpose To explore the prognostic impact of MRI-derived LVEF at any time post-STEMI to predict subsequent MACE (cardiovascular death or re-admission for acute heart failure). Study Type Prospective. Population One thousand thirteen STEMI patients were included in a multicenter registry. Field Strength/Sequence 1.5-T. Balanced steady-state free precession (c…

The Ionic Hypothesis of Aging

1998

The clinical association of essential hypertension with metabolic abnormalities, such as hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, obesity, altered glucose tolerance and/or frank non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) has long been appreciated(1). Each of the above clinical conditions is extremely frequent in the elderly. The association of these different clinical states, that is also common at younger ages, has been termed “Syndrome X” and more recently “Generalized Cardiovascular-Metabolic Disease.”(2,3) Although several hypothesis have been proposed, including a primary role of hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance, the mechanism(s) of this linkage has not been established. This …

Inverse Relationships between Glomerular Filtration Rate and Left Ventricular Mass in Uncomplicated Arterial Hypertension

2007

Left ventricular hypertrophy: not so much determinant of renal outcome?

2011

Diastolic dysfunction and central obesity related hypertension: role of trasforming growth factor beta-1

2004

Abstract P-368 Key Words: Diastolic Dysfunction, Obesity Related Hypertension, Trasforming Growth Factor beta-1

[OP.4B.03] CIRCULATING ALDOSTERONE LEVELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CONCENTRIC LEFT VENTRICULAR GEOMETRY IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS

2016

OBJECTIVE: Sound evidence indicates that aldosterone has a fundamental role in determining functional and structural changes in the heart. Moreover, it has been observed that high plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) is related to the development of congestive heart failure and to cardiovascular mortality. However, previous studies on the association between circulating aldosterone levels and left ventricular (LV) mass (LVM) and LV geometry, in subjects without primary aldosteronism yielded conflicting results. The aim of our study was to evaluate in patients with essential hypertension the relationships of PAC with LV mass and geometry, and to asses the influence of gender on these relat…

[OP.7B.08] INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NEW INDICES OF ADIPOSITY AND LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS AND HYPERTROPHY IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIEN…

2016

OBJECTIVE: The unfavourable effects of the association of obesity with hypertension on cardiac structure and function have been extensively studied. However, controversy still exists about the influence of gender on the relationship between obesity and left ventricular mass (LVM) and hypertrophy (LVH). Even if body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are widely used as anthropometric predictors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), their validity has been questioned. Recently, Body Shape Index (ABSI) and Body Roundness Index (BRI) were proposed as alternative measures of adiposity that may better reflect health status (1-2).Our study was aimed to assess the ability of ABSI and BRI in…