Survival after Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture in an Elderly Woman with Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated Only Medically by Víctor Hugo Roa-Castro, Ervin Molina-Bello, Hector Valenzuela-Suárez, Tobías Rotberg-Jagode, Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta

“…We report the case of an 87-year-old woman presenting with symptoms and findings of myocardial infarction and left ventricular free wall rupture with a pseudoaneurysm formation diagnosed by echocardiography and confirmed on CT, MRI, and NM. …”
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Validating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure Measurements in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: CardioMEMS™ Pulmonary Arterial Diastolic Pressure versus Left Atrial Pressure M... by Sunit Tolia, Zubair Khan, Gunjan Gholkar, Marcel Zughaib

“…Routine ambulatory echocardiographic estimates of left ventricular (LV) filling pressures are not cost-effective and are occasionally fraught with anatomic, physiologic as well as logistical limitations. …”
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The Prognostic Value of Left Atrial Function in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction by Jorun Tangen, Thuy Mi Nguyen, Daniela Melichova, Lars Gunnar Klaeboe, Marianne Forsa, Kristoffer Andresen, Adrien Al Wazzan, Oyvind Lie, Kristina Haugaa, Helge Skulstad, Harald Brunvand, Thor Edvardsen

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COMBINATION OF ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS AND CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND PRESERVED SYSTOLIC FUNCTION: IS THERE A PLACE F... by I. V. Zhirov, O. A. Nikolaeva, S. N. Tereshchenko

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Optimizing implantation of cardiac resynchronization therapy: a randomized controlled trial of electrophysiological or anatomical left ventricular lead placement strategy by E. T. Sabitov, A. S. Abdrakhmanov, A. Yu. Orekhov, D. Zh. Sabitova

“…LVEF was significantly higher in the study group with median value equal to 39% versus that in the control group equal to 35% (р=0,002).Conclusions. The results of the present study demonstrate that electrocardiographyguided approach has benefits over traditional anatomy-guided approach in terms of improved cardiac structure and function in patients with NYHA class III and IV heart failure associated with ventricular dyssynchrony.…”
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Transcatheter edge‐to‐edge tricuspid repair for recurrence of valvular regurgitation after left ventricular assist device and tricuspid ring implantation by Martin Andreas, Marco Russo, Paul Werner, Matthias Schneider, Franziska Wittmann, Sabine Scherzer, Julia Mascherbauer, Alfred Kocher, Guenther Laufer, Dominik Wiedemann, Daniel Zimpfer

“…Abstract Tricuspid regurgitation in patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has a significant impact on prognosis and quality of life, and its effects on liver and renal function could negatively impact planned heart transplantation. …”
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Cinnamic acid alleviates hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy by antagonizing the vasopressor activity and the pro-cardiac hypertrophic signaling of angiotensin II by Yimeng Cui, Yawei Yang, Xinmiao Tang, Peiwei Wang, Peiwei Wang, Jingang Cui, Jingang Cui, Yu Chen, Yu Chen, Yu Chen, Teng Zhang, Teng Zhang

“…BackgroundHypertension is the most common cause of pathological left ventricular hypertrophy, a condition causally associated with debilitating heart failure and cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients. …”
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Evaluation of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony with phase analysis in end-stage renal disease patients with normal gated SPECT-MPI by Dharmender Malik, Bhagwant Mittal, Ashwani Sood, Ashish Sharma, Madan Parmar, Komalpreet Kaur, Ajay Bahl

“…The present study aimed to evaluate the incidence of the left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony (LVMD) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with normal gated SPECT-MPI and QRS duration (<120 ms) on electrocardiogram. …”
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Four-Dimensional Flow MRI for Cardiovascular Evaluation (4DCarE): A Prospective Non-Inferiority Study of a Rapid Cardiac MRI Exam: Study Protocol and Pilot Analysis by Jiaxing Jason Qin, Mustafa Gok, Alireza Gholipour, Jordan LoPilato, Max Kirkby, Christopher Poole, Paul Smith, Rominder Grover, Stuart M. Grieve

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Functional echocardiography identifies association between early ventricular dysfunction and outcome in pediatric sepsis by Sonia Reveco, Sonia Reveco, Stella Barbagelata, Stella Barbagelata, Pablo Cruces, Pablo Cruces, Franco Diaz, Franco Diaz, Karla Yohanessen, Marcos Larraín, Mario Guerra, Alexander Bataszew, Alexander Bataszew

“…One out of four had ventricular dysfunction, and this group presented higher frequency of septic shock (69.2% vs. 34.2%, p = 0.028), higher frequency of total pSOFA ≥3 at 24 h (92% vs. 64%, p = 0.04), cardiovascular component of pSOFA (69.2% vs. 31.2%, p = 0.017), and fewer PICU-free days [18 [0–23] vs. 23 [18–25], p = 0.027], compared to normal ventricular function group. …”
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Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Cardiac Anesthesia: Perioperative Assessment and Underlying Mechanisms by Kotaro Hori, Ryota Watanabe, Shogo Tsujikawa, Hideki Hino, Tadashi Matsuura, Takashi Mori

“…Severe perioperative RV failure may be rare, with an incidence rate ranging from 0.1% to 3% in the surgical population; however, in patients who are hemodynamically unstable after cardiac surgery, almost half reportedly present with RV dysfunction. Notably, details of RV function, particularly during cardiac anesthesia, remain largely unclear since long-standing research has focused predominantly on the left ventricle (LV). …”
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ALCAPA Presents in an Adult with Exercise Intolerance but Preserved Cardiac Function by Yan Liu, Beth W. Miller

“…She had normal left ventricular function without apparent ischemic cardiac symptoms eighteen months after procedure.…”
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MECHANISMS OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE AND BIVENTRICULAR MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT by G. P. Itkin, V. N. Poptsov

“…The paper presents a review of the problems of mechanical circulatory support with left ventricular bypass in total cardiac failure. …”
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The Coronary Angiography-Derived Index of Microcirculatory Resistance Predicts Left Ventricular Performance Recovery in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Chang Hou, Meng Guo, Yuliang Ma, Qi Li, Chuanfen Liu, Mingyu Lu, Hong Zhao, Jian Liu

“…Objectives. The present study is designed to investigate the impact of coronary angiography-derived index of microcirculatory resistance (caIMR) on left ventricular performance recovery. …”
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Child’s heart development and contractility from prenatal to postnatal period by E. N. Pavlyukova, M. V. Kolosova, A. I. Unasheva, G. V. Neklyudova, R. S. Karpov

“…In addition, we consider the evolutionary feasibility of the simultaneous existence of various left ventricular mechanics models, which ensure the effective cardiac function in the postnatal period. …”
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Predictive criteria for the function of the right ventricle of the heart during mechanical bypass of the left ventricle by D. D. Uzunin, S. Yu. Shemakin

“…The work is devoted to topical issues of the use of mechanical bypass of the left ventricle, in particular, the prognostic criteria of right ventricular function, which are key in the outcome of the disease. …”
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Left Bundle Branch Pacing in a Patient With Dextroposed Heart: A Case Report by Dilip Kumar, Amit Malviya, Rabin Chakraborty, Ashesh Halder, Subhro Sekhar Chakraborty, Anand Kumar Pandey, Pinak Pani Das, Rinchin Dorjee Meegeji

“…ABSTRACT The Right Ventricular (RV) apex has been the standard site for pacing in symptomatic bradyarrhythmias, but chronic RV pacing can cause adverse effects such as atrial arrhythmias and left ventricular dysfunction. …”
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A case report of ventricular suicide following transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the danger of abrupt... by Kirtivardhan Vashistha, Akshat Banga, Ramzi Khalil, Jian Hu, Pietro Bajona, Jennifer Keeley, Srinivas Murali, Craig Alpert, Robert Biederman, Victor Farah, Vinh Nguyen

“…Investigations revealed hyperdynamic left ventricular (LV) function, cavitary obliteration, and systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve. …”
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Features of structural and geometric remodeling of the heart and changes in heart diastolic filling in patients with chronic heart failure of ischemic genesis with reduced left ven... by V. A. Lysenko

“…Pathological cardiac remodeling combines the processes of hypertrophy and dilatation of cavities and is the main cause of heart failure progression, and consequently results in high cardiac mortality, especially in CHF patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LV EF). Despite a substantial range of studies on the features of structural and geometric remodeling of the heart, changes in systolic and diastolic function of the ventricles in CHF patients, this issue still presents a challenge and needs to be improved. …”
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Respiratory Function of Fontan Pediatric Patients with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Other Morphologies of Functionally Single Ventricle—A Pilot Study by Krzysztof Kocot, Kamil Barański, Daniel Gondko, Olga Smolarek-Kurasz, Jacek Kusa

“…This may be related to worse ventricular function in patients with HLHS.…”
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