An isolated dog-heart preparation, in which absolute volumes were known, was employed to determine left ventricular pressure-volume relationships and myocardial oxygen consumption. Loading was varied ...
BACKGROUND: An interatrial shunt may provide an autoregulatory mechanism to decrease left atrial pressure and improve heart failure (HF) symptoms and prognosis. METHODS: Patients with symptomatic HF ...
1. Cardiology Department Guglielmo Da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy 2. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Italy Background Left ventricular myocardial crypts ...
dundee.ac.uk Objective: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) confers high cardiovascular risk. Regression of LVH reduces risk. Patients with blood pressure in the normal range and LVH are common. We ...
2 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Research, University of Capetown, South Africa Objectives The electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most commonly used tool to screen for left ventricular ...