In the prediction of the risk of cardiovascular events, the role of the left ventricle (LV) has been established for a long time, in the general population and especially in patients with heart failure. LV dimensions and systolic function, the latter mainly expressed as ejection fraction, were the first variables investigated; over the years, the role of predictors of cardiovascular outcomes ha...

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors including hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and hy-pertension, which have been shown to increase cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. In addition, it is well known that the association between the presence of MetS and adverse CV outcomes is independent of diabetes mellitus (DM) and arterial hypertension. 3)4) Since the ...

Abstract Backgrounds The summation of early (E) and late diastolic filling (A) on mitral inflow Doppler even in the absence tachycardia is often found during assessments left ventricular (LV) function. We evaluated echocardiographic characteristics clinical implications premature E-A summation. Methods identified 1,014 subjects who showed normal LV ejection fraction between January 2019 June 20...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Blood pressure variability (BPV) was proved as a cardiovascular risk factor. One of its mechanisms is related to arterial stiffness and ventriculo-arterial coupling; however its impact on subclinical cardiovascular dysfunction has not been evaluated yet. OBJECTIVES To assess the relationship between BPV on 24 hours, and subclinical left ventricle (LV), renal, and vascul...

AIMS To assess the capacity of global longitudinal strain (GLS) in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) to (i) detect the subclinical left ventricular (LV) dysfunction [LV ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50% patients]; (ii) predict all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) (all patients), and (iii) provide incremental prognostic information over current risk markers. METHODS AND RES...

BACKGROUND Mitral stenosis (MS) is still the most common complication of acute rheumatic fever in Turkey. Rheumatic carditis affects not only cardiac valves but also myocardium. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the subclinical left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and contraction of short and long axial circumferential and longitudinal fibers by pulsed wave tissue Doppler in rheumatic M...

Dialysis patients who develop cardiac failure have a poor prognosis. Recurrent subclinical myocardial ischemia is important in the genesis of heart failure in nondialysis patients. It has previously been demonstrated that subclinical ischemia occurs during hemodialysis; therefore, this study examined whether the improved stability of cool-temperature dialysis lessens this phenomenon. Ten patien...

BACKGROUND It remains incompletely understood whether patients with transfusion related cardiac iron overload without signs of heart failure exhibit already subclinical alterations of systolic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Therefore we performed a comprehensive evaluation of systolic and diastolic cardiac function in such patients using tagged and phase-contrast CMR. METHODS 19 patients ...

AIM To assess endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) counts, a novel prognostic marker, in relation to classical adverse outcome predictors - N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), impaired left ventricular (LV) relaxation and exercise-induced ischemia - in stable coronary artery disease (CAD) with preserved LV systolic function. METHODS We studied 30 non-diabetic men with one-ves...

PURPOSE The use of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) analysis has increased in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Quantification of left ventricular (LV) measures will be affected by the inclusion or exclusion of the papillary muscles as part of the LV mass, but the magnitude of effect and potential consequences are unknown. METHODS We performed Cine-CMR in (1) clinical HCM patie...