Background Myocardial regeneration via stem-cell mobilisation at the time of myocardial
infarction is known to occur, although the mechanism for stem-cell homing to infarcted tissue …

Objectives : We sought to examine the accuracy/consistency of a novel ultrasound speckle
tracking imaging (STI) method for left ventricular torsion (LVtor) measurement in comparison …

BACKGROUND: The definition of normal values of left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS),
global circumferential strain, and global radial strain is of critical importance to the …

… Zoran B Popović, … 1 + b 2 level ij where B 1…n denotes fixed effects, b 1…n denotes
random effects, level i denotes LV level and j denotes type of pathology, with contrasts set to …

Objectives : The aim of this study was to identify the best echocardiographic method for
sequential quantification of left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) and volumes in patients …

Stem cell transplantation at the time of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) improves cardiac
function. Whether the improved cardiac function results from regeneration of cardiac myocytes, …

Background— The cascade of events by which early diastolic left ventricular (LV) filling
increases with exercise is not fully elucidated. Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) can detect …

BACKGROUND: Left atrial (LA) strain (ε) and ε rate (SR) analysis by two-dimensional speckle
tracking can represent a new tool to evaluate LA function. To assess its potential value, the …

Background— Autonomic dysfunction, characterized by sympathetic activation and vagal
withdrawal, contributes to the progression of heart failure (HF). Although the therapeutic …

Background— This study was conducted to elucidate the geometric differences of the mitral
apparatus in patients with significant mitral regurgitation caused by ischemic …