Dogs suffering from Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease (MMVD) show a potential heart enlargement, especially in the left atrium, detectable by radiography. Due to digital radiography, different radiographic measurements estimate cardiac size quite uncom...
(1) Background: Despite advancements in medical research and discoveries, heart failure (HF) still represents a significant and prevalent public health challenge. It is characterized by persistently high mortality and morbidity rates, along with incr...
Background: Many different devices are currently used for percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure (pPFOc), aiming to achieve complete occlusion to prevent recurrent embolism. We aimed to reveal the association between residual right-to-left s...
Background: In patients with complete atrioventricular block (AVB), the prevalence and clinical characteristics of patients with pause-dependent AVB (PD-AVB) is not known. Our objective was to assess the prevalence of PD-AVB in a population of patien...
Background: Readmission within 30 days of discharge for heart failure (HF) has become a challenging public health issue. Predicting the risk of 30-day readmission may assist clinicians in making individualized treatment plans for HF patients. Methods...
Background/Objectives: COVID-19 is associated with multiple systemic effects, including cardiovascular complications. However, its interplay with cardiac conduction abnormalities remains underexplored. We compared the clinical profile of COVID-19 pat...
The azygos lobe (AL), an additional lung lobe most commonly found in the right apical lung region, is a rare anatomical variant present in approximately 1% of the population. It is embryological in origin and may form if the azygos vein fails to migr...
Background: Baseline impedance, radiofrequency current, and impedance drop during radiofrequency catheter ablation are thought to predict effective lesion formation. However, quantifying the contributions of local versus remote impedances provides in...
Background: Whether the initial clip type selected during transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) of the mitral valve—grasping width and arm length—independently influences procedural and echocardiographic outcomes remains uncertain. Met...
Background/Objectives: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is increasingly recognized as a systemic inflammatory syndrome with limited diagnostic and prognostic tools applicable in routine practice. Hematological indices derived fr...