Review Article between 3 and 18 (0.33±0.02). Furthermore, in 5 children with dilated
cardiomyopathy, aged 12 to 17 years, the Tei index was significantly greater (0.78±0.28) than in …

Objectives : The goal of this study was to assess the independent and collective diagnostic
value of various modalities in cardiac sarcoidosis, delineate the role of cardiac magnetic …

Stress echocardiography (SE) is a well established and valid technique, widely used for the
diagnostic evaluation of patients with ischemic and nonischemic cardiac diseases. This …

Aims The beneficial cardiovascular effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2)
inhibitors irrespective of the presence of diabetes mellitus are nowadays well established and …

Background Exercise electrocardiography is an imperfect test for the detection of coronary
artery disease. We attempted to improve the diagnostic accuracy of exercise testing as a …

Data regarding the effects of plasma lipid lowering on the evolution of thoracic aortic
atherosclerosis (TAA) are scarce. In this study, we performed transesophageal echocardiography to …

Background Sarcoidosis-related pulmonary hypertension (SRPH) is an entity associated
with significant morbidity and mortality irrespective of disease severity, while the pathogenic …

Aging is a natural process that affects all systems of the human organism, leading to its
inability to adapt to environmental changes. Advancing age has been correlated with various …

Objective Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death in western societies. Therapeutic
interventions in the individual patient should be guided by the so-called ischemic risk of …

Results: During a mean follow-up of 72±24 months, 18 SSc patients (36.7%) developed AF (SSc-AF
group) while 31 remained in sinus rhythm (SSc-SR group); all subjects in the control …