The myocardial contraction fraction (MCF: stroke volume to myocardial volume) is a novel
volumetric measure of left ventricular myocardial shortening. The purpose of the present …

Background: Myocardial contraction fraction (MCF) is a volumetric measure of myocardial
shortening independent of left ventricular size and geometry. This multicenter study …

Background To evaluate the additive prognostic value of myocardial, inflammatory, and
renal biomarkers according to frailty status in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve …

Background The hemodynamic changes of patients with aortic stenosis (AS) who underwent
transcatheter valve replacement (TAVR) have not been completely investigated. Methods …

Background People over the age of 85 are the world's most rapidly growing age group.
Ejection fraction (EF) may be limited prognostically in this population and myocardial …

Patients with nonclassic phenotypes (NCP)—more advanced stages of hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy (HCM)—constitute an intriguing and heterogeneous group that is difficult to …

Introduction: In aortic stenosis (AS), the myocardium remodels to compensate for the
obstruction to forward flow before eventually decompensating, often acutely-termed acute …

We read with great interest the article recently published by JC Jentzer et al. entitled
“Myocardial contraction fraction by echocardiography and mortality in cardiac intensive care …

Objective: Myocardial contraction fraction (MCF), a costless, easy-to-perform
echocardiographic measure, which estimates cardiac function through the volumetric …