Disease or Syndrome: Dysfunction, LV Systolic

Medical news and research articles

Addressing underdiagnoses of pregnancy-related heart failure

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but life-threatening condition that can affect women with previously healthy hearts a few weeks before or after giving birth. It causes a severe reduction in the pumping capacity ...

AI tool can interpret echocardiograms in minutes

Cardiologists use echocardiography to diagnose a range of functional or structural abnormalities of the heart. Using more than 100 videos and images that capture different parts of the heart, echocardiographers make dozens ...

Early signs of heart problems linked to smaller brain volumes

People who have early signs of heart problems may also have changes in brain health that can be early signs of dementia, such as loss of brain volume, according to a meta-analysis published online in Neurology. The meta-analysis ...

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