Tag: ejection fraction

Diastolic heart failure (HF) is also referred to as HF with preserved left ventricular systolic function. The distinction between systolic and diastolic HFs is a pathophysiological one and isolated forms of left ventricular dysfunction are rarely observed...

Microcirculation is one of the major players in the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF). Data from small-scale studies (mainly employing video-capillaroscopy) has shown a relation between degree of derangement in microcirculatory function and indices of left ventricular performance...

Venous thrombosis (VT), a major cause of venous obstruction, is a rather rare but dangerous complication ofpacemaker (PM) implantation.

Recently, it has been hypothesized that type 2 diabetes might interfere with acute intravenous thrombolysis effectiveness as estimated by angiographic or electrocardiographic criteria. In our study, we compared the thrombolytic effect of streptokinase infusion between diabetic and non-diabetic myocardial infarction (MI) patients. 

Coronary artery disease, the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the industrialised world, has traditionally been associated with poorer outcomes in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) [1–4] for aortic stenosis. Improvements in surgical technique, myocardial preservation, perioperative management and earlier referral allows concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to be performed in selected patients undergoing AVR, resulting in satisfactory rates of operative mortality and a signifi cant improvement in quality of life compared to medical therapy [1, 5–7]...