OBJECTIVE To determine the association between serum vitamin D level and left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction. BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency has been shown in observational and prospective studies to be associated with cardiovascular diseases including coronary artery disease, LV hypertrophy and systolic heart failure. Even though diastolic LV dysfunction is an early manifestation of...

A 70-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital because of atypical chest pain and fatigue. No relevant diseases were recorded in her previous medical history. During the physical examination, she presented with a mild systolic murmur. Her 12-lead ECG indicated right bundle branch block (Figure 1A), and blood pressure was normal. Initial blood test showed normal hs-Troponin T and D-di...

BACKGROUND Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has recently emerged as an effective treatment for patients with moderate to severe systolic heart failure and ventricular dyssynchrony. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether improvements in left ventricular (LV) size and function were associated with CRT. METHODS AND RESULTS Doppler echocardiograms were obtained at baseli...

BACKGROUND The various prevalence of LVH and abnormal LV geometry have been reported in different populations. So far, only a few reports are available on the prevalence of LV geometric patterns in a large Chinese untreated hypertensive population. METHODS A total of 9,286 subjects (5167 men and 4119 women) completed the survey and 1641 untreated hypertensive patients (1044 males and 597 fema...

We investigated whether plasma brain and atrial natriuretic peptide (BNP and ANP, respectively) levels could reflect left ventricular (LV) geometry and function in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension. A positive correlation was found between LV mass index (LVMI) and plasma ANP levels in 84 untreated, hypertensive patients, but not between LVMI and plasma BNP levels. As compare...

background: the sensitivity and specificity of body mass index (bmi) percentiles of centers for disease control 2000 (cdc2000) standard was compared with child actual overweight which was identified by fat mass index (fmi) and overweight status in these children based on bmi and fmi. methods: in this case-control study, elementary school girls (aged 8-10 years) were recruited from schools of is...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine the presence and correlates of change (Delta) in left ventricular (LV) mass by echocardiography in young adults. BACKGROUND Left ventricular mass is known to be a powerful independent predictor for cardiovascular disease events in adults. However, little is known about Delta in LV mass over time in young adults. METHODS Coronary Artery Risk ...

BACKGROUND Global left ventricular (LV) torsion declines with chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR), which may accelerate the LV remodeling spiral toward global cardiomyopathy; however, it has not been definitively established whether this torsional decline is attributable to the infarct, the MR, or their combined effect. We tested the hypothesis that chronic "pure" MR alone reduces global...

Volume and phase characteristics of the left ventricle (LV) and left atrium (LA) were assessed in 31 healthy Asian adults (19 males and 12 females) using cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and an automated boundary detection algorithm. Volume indexes of the LV and LA were smaller than published results obtained mostly from Westerners. Other than LV mass index and percent emptying of the LA, ...

cardiac manifestations of the hydatid cyst are relatively uncommon. cardiac involvement may lead to the compression of vital organs, pulmonary hypertension, pericardial effusion, and even anaphylaxis. a 45-year-old woman presented to the emergency department of tehran heart center with chest pain. cardiac examination revealed relatively muffled heart sounds. echocardiography demonstrated a roun...