BACKGROUND Simple obesity in China is rising rapidly and causing increasing concern. The objectives of our study are to investigate cardiac structure and function in individuals with simple obesity and to analyze the effect of BMI on left ventricular structure and function. METHODS Between January 2012 and July 2014, echocardiography was performed in 361 consecutive patients visiting the outp...

BACKGROUND Growth hormone (GH) treatment may improve morphological and functional cardiac parameters in adults with GH deficiency (GHD). However, clinical trials reported to date involved few patients and yielded variable effects. METHODS AND RESULTS We systematically reviewed blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trials of GH treatment in adults with GHD and open studies in patien...

BACKGROUND Erythropoietin (EPO) is known as a regulating hormone for the production of red blood cells, called erythropoiesis. Some studies have shown that EPO exerts some non-hematopoietic protective effects on ischemia-reperfusion injuries in myocytes. Using echocardiography, we evaluated the effect of EPO infusion on reducing ischemia-reperfusion injuries and improvement of the cardiac funct...

background: erythropoietin (epo) is known as a regulating hormone for the production of red blood cells, called erythropoiesis. some studies have shown that epo exerts some non-hematopoietic protective effects on ischemia-reperfusion injuries in myocytes. using echocardiography, we evaluated the effect of epo infusion on reducing ischemia-reperfusion injuries and improvement of the cardiac func...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Other. Main source(s): I have received a research fellowship grant from the UK based charity Cardiac Risk in Young Objectives We investigated effect long-term exercise and sex on left ventricular (LV) geometry large group female male masters athletes. Background Studies assessing LV athletes are scarce. Methods Different types were iden...

BACKGROUNDBicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a common congenital heart defect. Patients with BAV are at risk for long-term complications such as stenosis and regurgitation. This study aimed to investigate (1) sex differences in blood imaging biomarkers (2) describe the prognostic value of echocardiographic biomarkers.METHODSPatients were included from two prospective observational cohort studies, p...

BACKGROUND This study sought to evaluate the therapeutic effects of renal denervation (RDN) on acute myocardial infarction (MI) in canines and explore its possible mechanisms of action. METHODS Eighteen healthy mongrel dogs were randomly assigned to either the control group, the MI group or the MI + RDN group. To assess cardiac function, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventric...

Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) has been involved in the development mechanism of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with chronic kidney disease. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the plasma ADMA levels and echocardiography, and understand the relationship between ADMA and left ventricular function. All of the patients were divided into three groups, incl...