Focal apical hypertrophy with ace of spades morphology reinforces the diagnostic value of echocardiography in suspected hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Elevated left ventricular mass, known as left-ventricular hypertrophy, is a stronger predictor of coronary artery disease-related death and heart failure than coronary artery calcium score, according ...

Cardiac amyloidosis, once regarded as a rare and elusive cause of heart failure, has rapidly emerged as a critical diagnosis among patients presenting with ...

Background A 64-year-old male was observed as an outpatient with atypical, non-exercise-induced chest pain and palpitations. He had arterial hypertension and marked concentric left ventricular ...

Left ventricular hypertrophy, a thickening in the main pump chamber of the heart, strikes African Americans at a higher rate. Even though heart failure sounds as if the heart has completely stopped ...

Panel A shows a cross-section of a normal heart (top) and an endomyocardial biopsy sample from a normal heart (bottom; with hematoxylin and eosin staining) that shows normal histologic characteristics ...

Currently, the standard tool used to diagnose left ventricle hypertrophy (LVH) is MRI, which provides information on the late stage structural and functional changes that arise. However, MRI cannot ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LV hypertrophy without high BP increased risk for CV events, CV death and HF hospitalization. The dual ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an underdiagnosed genetic disorder, resulting from mutations in sarcomeric proteins. It has a highly variable clinical presentation, with some individuals remaining ...

Patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis at intermediate and high risk for surgery who, after TAVR, have a larger regression in left ventricular mass at 1 year will then go on to have ...

Background Although the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with SLE is well-documented, effective tools for ...