Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common hereditary heart disease. It causes the left ventricle to thicken, the ...

Many gym influencers believe eccentric contractions lead to greater muscle growth. This stems from research showing that eccentric-only training produces larger post-workout mTOR signaling responses ...

To convert the values for urea nitrogen to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.357. To convert the values for creatinine to micromoles per liter, multiply by 88.4. To convert the values for glucose to ...

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 ...

Heart Failure / physiopathology; Amyloidosis; Stroke Volume; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular; Aged A female patient, aged 80 years old, was treated at the emergency unit at the first evaluation showing ...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an increase in the mass (weight) of the left ventricle, which is the heart's main pumping chamber. LVH develops either when the force or volume of blood within ...

Copyright: © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. A 46-year-old woman ...

Hypertension is the most prevalent chronic disease in developed countries and affects more than 25% of the adult population. Its association with the later risk of cardiovascular events has been more ...

Background: The traditional classification of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), which relies on left ventricular geometry, fails to correlate with outcomes among patients with increased LV mass (LVM ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Amyloidosis is a disease characterized by the deposition of fibrillar proteins in tissues. The nature of the protein defines the type of amyloidosis. Cardiac involvement is most ...