Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is a useful echocardiographic technique to evaluate global
and regional myocardial systolic as well as diastolic function. It can also be used to quantify …

Importance Malignant arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse (MVP) phenotype poses a substantial
risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), and an estimated 26 000 individuals in the United …

Recent guidelines have been published providing detailed guidance on specific
echocardiographic diagnostic criteria for measurements of diastolic function, chamber …

Abstract Aims Reference values for Doppler parameters according to age and gender are
recommended for the assessment of heart physiology, specifically for left ventricular (LV) …

Background—Immunoglobulin amyloid light-chain (AL)-related cardiac amyloidosis (CA)
has a worse prognosis than either wild-type (ATTRwt) or mutant (ATTRm) transthyretin (TTR) …

Background—Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is associated with
substantial morbidity and mortality. Existing data on cardiac structure and function in HFpEF …

Vitamin D seems to protect against cardiovascular disease, but the reported effects of
vitamin D on patient outcomes in CKD are controversial. We conducted a prospective …

Background—Abnormalities in cardiac structure and function in heart failure with preserved
ejection fraction may help identify patients at particularly high risk for cardiovascular …

Background: Although heart failure (HF) disproportionately affects older adults, little data
exist regarding the prevalence of American College of Cardiology/American Heart …

Background Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction is recognized as playing a major role
in the pathophysiology of heart failure; however, clinical tools for identifying diastolic …