Aims To determine the prevalence of mitral regurgitation (MR) in a large cohort of consecutive
patients undergoing clinically indicated echocardiography and to examine the distribution …

Background The availability of ultra-miniaturized pocket ultrasound devices (PUD) adds
diagnostic power to the clinical examination. Information on accuracy of ultrasound with …

Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is characterized by a systemic involvement
including myocardial dysfunction. Being standard echocardiography not able at fully …

Background: Left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is recognized in
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Little is known about cardiac involvement in non-idiopathic …

Background Octogenarian patients are at high risk of both ischaemic and bleeding events,
and the low body weight is considered a risk factor for major bleeding in atrial fibrillation (AF) …

Background Longitudinal strain is an early marker of left ventricular ( LV ) dysfunction in
several cardiac diseases. Our aim was to differentiate cardiac amyloidosis ( CA ) at diagnosis …

Background Little is known on right ventricular (RV) involvement in obstructive sleep apnoea
(OSA). This study aimed at evaluating early RV dysfunction by standard and advanced …

Background Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) can be primary or secondary to other
autoimmune disorders. Besides valvular heart disease (VHD) and coronary artery disease (CAD), …

In 2004 an editorial article on the so-called “aspirin resistance” and diabetic angiopathy as
related to platelet turnover was published by one of us. An update of this issue is now …

Background Endothelial dysfunction is a key mechanism in the development of cardiac
remodelling and diastolic dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). …