Left atrial (LA) strain has emerged as a useful parameter for the assessment of left
ventricular (LV) diastolic function and the estimation of LV filling pressures. Some have …

Heart failure (HF) prevalence remains high worldwide with significant sex-related and
regional differences in its presentation, management, and outcomes. In 2020, advances in …

Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome defined by specific symptoms and signs due to
structural and/or functional heart abnormalities, which lead to inadequate cardiac output …

Sažetak In the year 2021, the universal definition and classification of heart failure (HF) was
published that defines HF as a clinical syndrome with symptoms and/or signs caused by a …

Background Risk stratification in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NI-
DCM) is essential to treatment planning. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) predicts poor …

Aims None of the conventional echocardiographic parameters alone predict increased
NTproBNP level and symptoms, making diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection …

Objectives To investigate the consistency between the 2016 America Society of
Echocardiography (ASE)/European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) …

Objectives The magnetic resonance (MR) 4D flow imaging–derived left atrial (LA)
acceleration factor α was recently introduced as a means to non-invasively estimate LA …

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is considered a major health care
problem with frequent decompensations, high hospitalization and mortality rates. In severe …

Background There is no definition for strain deformation values in relation to
cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in different heart failure (HF) phenotypes. Aim To identify the …