Focused cardiac ultrasonography is a point-of-care, qualitative or semiquantitative means of assessing cardiac size, structure, and function that is performed and interpreted by the clinician at the ...

One of the most severe target organ damages of hypertension is left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), which is a strong predictor of adverse prognosis. 6 A spectrum of LV geometric adaptations may occur ...

Because life expectancy and the prevalence of risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes are rising globally, heart failure (HF) is growing into a major health problem. Impairment of left ...

A University of Houston pharmacology researcher and expert in cardiac development has identified a new cause of - and repair ...

Loss-of-function in epicardial proteins called Numb Family Proteins, leads to left ventricular noncompaction, or spongy heart, presenting ...

A ventricular resection is a type of surgery that removes scar tissue or a tumor from a heart chamber to restore function. Often, a reconstruction or repair procedure follows this. The heart has four ...

The interventricular septum separates the heart’s two ventricles and plays a vital role in maintaining correct bloodflow. Sometimes a defect can occur or be present from birth. This can increase the ...