Notch1 is expressed uniformly throughout the mouse endocardium during the initial stages of heart valve formation, yet it remains unclear how Notch signaling is activated specifically in the AVC ...

The fibrosis of the mural and valvar endocardium impedes filling and causes valve distortion, both leading to restrictive physiology with atrioventricular regurgitation, and the typical small ...

The upper right panel displays a single fluoroscopic image in the LAO view with intracardiac catheters labeled; ablation catheters have been positioned near the border zone of the scar in both the ...

1 Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2 Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Correspondence ...

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Left ventricular stiffness and contractility, characterized by the end-diastolic pressure-volume relationship (EDPVR) and the end-systolic pressure-volume relationship (ESPVR), are two important ...

Heart disease is a term used to describe a constellation of conditions that can affect the heart and/or its valves, vessels, structure, electrical system, or coronary arteries. Though each disease ...