Background— Various conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiographic indexes were
compared with pressure–volume loop analysis to assess their accuracy in detecting left …

Objectives : We attempted to correlate echocardiographic analysis of diastolic function with
changes of myocardial collagen in middle-aged patients with heart failure (HF) despite …

Cardiotoxicity, which may result from intense cardiac oxidative stress and inflammation, is
the main limiting factor of the anticancer therapy using doxorubicin. Because statins might …

Background— The pathophysiology of heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HFNEF) is
still under discussion. Here we report the influence of cardiac inflammation on extracellular …

Background— Increased left ventricular stiffness is a distinct finding in patients who have
heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HFNEF). To elucidate how diastolic dysfunction …

We investigated the effect of the angiotensin type 1 (AT-1) receptor antagonist, irbesartan,
on matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity and cardiac cytokines in an animal model of …

Importance Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can be
documented in various tissues, but the frequency of cardiac involvement as well as possible …

Background: Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is increasingly
used to treat cardiogenic shock. However, VA-ECMO might hamper myocardial recovery. …

Aims Veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ( VA‐ECMO ) support stabilizes
patients with cardiogenic shock. Despite improved oxygenation and peripheral circulation, …

Background Placement of an interatrial shunt device reduces pulmonary capillary wedge
pressure during exercise in patients with heart failure and preserved or mildly reduced ejection …