Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF)-induced cardiomyopathy (AIC) is retrospectively defined after normalisation of left ...

2 Department of Paediatrics and Surgery, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Objective: To establish normal values of left atrial and left ventricular volumes and function in children and young ...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an increase in the mass (weight) of the left ventricle, which is the heart's main pumping chamber. LVH develops either when the force or volume of blood within ...

Learn how LA stiffness index offers superior diagnostic accuracy in estimating LVFPs in acute heart failure, paving the way ...

Introduction: The incidence and risk factors for atrial arrhythmia (AA) [atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL)] in adults with systemic right ventricle (SRV), specifically congenitally ...

First Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan. OBJECTIVE--This study investigated the dominance of each limb of the autonomic nervous system and tested ...

Oral anticoagulation is recommended after ablation for atrial fibrillation among patients at high risk for stroke. Left atrial appendage closure is a mechanical alternative to anticoagulation ...

A new software program that uses artificial intelligence to read echocardiograms may reduce the wait times for results and ...

Cardiac electrophysiology (EP) is a relatively young field. The first surgical ablation of an accessory pathway and the first ...

After the atrial stimulus, the AVI begins; when the AVI expires, a ventricular stimulus is delivered ... the QRS complex produced by pacing is wide and has a left bundle branch block pattern ...

During each cardiac cycle, deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium and then the right ventricle before being pumped into the lungs for gas exchange. The now oxygenated blood then returns to the ...