Background: Heart failure (HF) is currently classified according to left ventricular ejection
fraction (LVEF); however, the prognostic value of LVEF is controversial. Myocardial strain is …

Objectives This study sought to identify whether left atrial strain can predict new-onset atrial
fibrillation (NOAF) in patients with heart failure (HF) and sinus rhythm. Background Both HF …

Adverse ventricular remodeling is an inflexion point of disease progression in aortic stenosis
(AS) and a major determinant of prognosis. Intervention before irreversible myocardial …

Although incidence and prevalence of prediabetes are increasing, little is known about its
cardiac effects. Therefore, our aim was to investigate the effect of prediabetes on cardiac …

Aims We sought to investigate the correlation between speckle-tracking echocardiography
(STE)-derived myocardial work (MW) and invasively measured contractility in a rat model of …

Background Although the prevalence and prognostic implications of left ventricular systolic
dysfunction (LVSD), and the effect of cardiac therapies on LVSD are well described in …

Cardiac contraction is the result of integrated cellular, tissue and organ function. Biophysical
in silico cardiac models offer a systematic approach for studying these multi-scale …

Background Many patients with heart failure (HF) experience changes in left ventricular
ejection fraction (LVEF) during follow‐up. We sought to evaluate the predictors and …

Aims While global longitudinal strain (GLS) is considered to be a sensitive marker of left
ventricular (LV) function, it is significantly influenced by loading conditions. We hypothesized …

Preclinical noninvasive imaging can be an indispensable tool for studying animal models of
disease. In vivo imaging to assess anatomical, functional, and molecular features requires …