Simple Summary The assessment of global longitudinal strain (GLS) has an established role
in cardio-oncology in the early diagnosis of the cardiotoxicity of anticancer treatments …

Systemic AL amyloidosis is a rare complex hematological disorder caused by clonal plasma
cells which produce amyloidogenic immunoglobulins. Outcome and prognosis is the …

Objectives: This study hypothesized that left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) and global
longitudinal strain (GLS) derived from 3-dimensional echocardiographic (3DE) images …

Chronic inflammatory diseases, such as periodontal disease, associate with adverse wound
healing in response to myocardial infarction (MI). The goal of this study was to elucidate the …

Background Conventional right ventricular (RV) echocardiographic measurements of
systolic function (SF) have demonstrated conflicting results when their association with long …

Background The novel proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib alone or in combination with other
agents is already one of the standard therapies for relapsed and/or refractory multiple …

Background/Aims: Cardiac changes observed in chronic kidney disease patients are of
multifactorial origin including chronic uremia, hemodynamics or inflammation. Restoration of …

Background Statins are potential drugs for decreasing risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular
complications in type 2 diabetic (T2D) patients. Purpose To examine the efficacy of both …

Aims Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an excess of cardiovascular
morbidity and mortality, with heart failure (HF) being particularly frequent. Reduced left …

Background Autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a first-line therapy for
prolonging survival in patients with light-chain (AL) amyloidosis. Cardiac involvement is the …