Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute researchers, along with colleagues in the UK and U.S., have linked brighter ...

Former world-class rowers have an elevated risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) in the years after retirement, according to an ...

Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Atrial Septum & Lipoma The interatrial septum largely consists of an invagination of the atrial roof and contains epicardial fat. This fat is the source of the entity ...

In the presence of heart failure or hypertension with LV hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction, the intra-atrial pressure is increased. The resulting activation of atrial stretch receptors induces ...

Design A review of the literature of AF in athletes is presented. AF may be due to sympathetic activity, volume load during exercise, vagotonia at rest but also atrial hypertrophy and dilatation.

Previous knowledge on melatonin use for pulmonary arterial hypertension has primarily been gathered from animal studies, with ...

Dapagliflozin reduced the risk of all-cause mortality or worsening heart failure by 28% in patients with aortic stenosis ...

The exact mechanism is unclear but it may be due to atrial enlargement with dilation and fibrosis plus a contribution from increased vagal tone and bradycardia. The condition presented dramatically ...

Objectives This study tested whether cardiac sympathetic innervation assessed by metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) activity has long-term prognostic value in combination with left ventricular hypertrophy ...

Conclusions —The present study demonstrates that both atrium and ventricle synthesize CT-1 and that cardiac production of CT-1 is augmented in a canine model of experimental CHF. This study also ...

"Supported by MAARS, clinicians can deliver personalized care to their patients and protect them appropriately from SCDA ...

European Council will also discuss broader enlargement policy of European Union towards the western Balkans ...