Background— Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction caused by ischemic heart disease
is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. It remains unclear whether …

Rosuvastatin is a fully synthetic statin wich acts by interfering with the endogenous synthesis
of cholesterol through competitively inhibiting the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A …

Two methods are currently available for left atrial (LA) strain measurement by speckle tracking
echocardiography, with two different reference timings for starting the analysis: QRS (QRS-…

Arterial hypertension (AH) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are the most common causes of heart
deterioration because of their high prevalence in the population. The aim of this study was …

Purpose: Conventional Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) or Bioelectrical Impedance
Vector Analysis (BIVA) can provide direct evaluations of body composition. The purpose of …

The influence of thyroid hormones on cardiovascular system is well established. Thyroid
diseases can effectively enhance the alteration on cardiovascular system by influencing …

Background Heart failure (HF) patients present with a variety of symptoms at different stages
of the disease, but the underlying pathophysiology still is unclear. Left atrial (LA) function …

Statins are recommended as first-line therapy for patients with hypercholesterolaemia. A
sizable proportion of patients, however, does not reach therapeutic goals, is statin intolerant, or, …

Background ST2 (suppression of tumorigenity) has been described as a receptor for the
interleukin-33, a member of the IL-1 family of cytokines. It is associated to coronary artery …

Background. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can exert proatherogenic activities due to its
direct action on vessel walls and/or via the chronic inflammatory process involving the liver. …