One of the most significant impacts of obesity on the cardiovascular system is the onset of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Heart function requires greater effort from the left ventricle which ...

Correspondence to Dr Maryam Kavousi, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands; m.kavousi{at}erasmusmc.nl Objective To evaluate changes in left ventricular diastolic ...

When people talk about having a " broken heart," they're more often than not referring to it in the metaphorical sense. However, for some, a broken heart is a very literal, physical condition.

Therefore, substantial increase of left ventricular wall thickness (LVWT ... 12-lead resting and stress electrocardiography, and echocardiography. LV structure and function were measured in 2002–2006.

In the 12 survivors, left ventricular systolic function recovered completely within three weeks. Conclusions: This is the first series of “apical ballooning” to be reported in white patients. Despite ...

Left ventricular (LV) geometric patterns are associated with cognitive impairment and ... thus elucidating the connection between LV geometry and cognitive function. This study aims to investigate the ...

Dextrocardia, levocardia, or mesocardia was seen together with right pulmonary isomerism and complex structural heart defects in the single ventricle spectrum. A dominant chamber of left ...

Both the right and left atria are thin-walled chambers that passively collect blood. This is compared to the thicker-walled ventricles, which are responsible for pumping ... meaning developed later in ...

The function of the heart is to pump ... where it is replenished with oxygen. The left side of the heart accepts replenished blood from the lungs, and then pumps that blood out to all the body’s ...

In an attempt to objectively evaluate the status of the left ventricle in 32 patients with mitral stenosis, a modified form of supine leg exercise was done during simultaneous left and right heart ...