Study identifies key heart marker predicting ischemic stroke and dementia
A research team from the University of Minnesota Medical School has identified a strong predictor of ischemic stroke and ...
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Left atrial myocardial function in either physiological or pathological left ventricular hypertrophy: a two-dimensional speckle strain study
Methods: Standard echocardiography, exercise stress echo and 2DSE of the left atrium were performed in 40 patients with arterial hypertension, 45 age-matched elite athletes (>40 years) and 25 healthy ...
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Diastolic Dysfunction
This can be a normal physiologic change with aging of the heart or result in elevated left atrial pressures leading to the clinical manifestations of diastolic congestive heart failure.