For surgeons already split on their preference of inhaled pulmonary vasodilator to prevent postoperative right ventricular ...

1 It is characterised by progressive thickening, fibrosis and calcification of the leaflets leading to restriction and valve obstruction.2 The consequent increase in left ventricular afterload leads ...

This results in increased afterload on the left ventricle, an increase in systolic blood pressure, and left ventricular hypertrophy, as well as other changes in the left ventricular wall that ...

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008;5(12):764-765. We believe that strategies to avoid or reduce the severity of PPM should be individualized and take into account multiple variables, such as ...

The following is a summary of “Cardiovascular effects of lactate in healthy adults,” published in the January 2025 issue of ...

The following is a summary of “Hyperacute Effects of Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair on Left Ventricular Volumes and Functions,” published in the January 2025 issue of Cardiology by Kassar et ...

Aims Exercise testing remains underused in patients with aortic stenosis (AS), partly due to concerns about an ...

Vascular calcification (VC) is associated with a number of cardiovascular diseases, as well as chronic kidney disease. The role of smooth muscle cells (SMC) has already been widely explored in VC, as ...

The influence of respiration on the flow of blood from the abdominal vena cava into the thorax was studied in 15 patients with pulmonary emphysema and in 10 control subjects without thoracic disease ...

From Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville Campus, Victoria, Australia (R.H.R.) Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (E.D.A.), ...