Focused cardiac ultrasonography is a point-of-care, qualitative or semiquantitative means of assessing cardiac size, structure, and function that is performed and interpreted by the clinician at the ...

Clinical trials of therapies for heart failure (HF) are usually performed in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). The ...

Because life expectancy and the prevalence of risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes are rising globally, heart failure (HF) is growing into a major health problem. Impairment of left ...

Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of mortality in patients with DMD. Compared with their healthy counterparts, patients with DMD — including those with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction ...

Credit: Getty Images Worsening renal function may be associated with left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with acute heart failure. Worsening renal function (WRF) may be associated with left ...

Patients taper off in their use of guideline-recommended cardiovascular meds over the years following coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery, even though their risk of dying would continue to drop the ...

A meta-analysis of recent clinical trials evaluating β-blockers as treatment for patients with acute myocardial infarction ...