Cardiopulmonary by-pass (CBP) during cardiac surgery leads to deleterious systemic inflammatory response. In a prospective cohort of 46 patients older […]
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) ranks as one of the most serious cardiovascular scourges of the past century and remains a force to be reckoned with in […]
The Inventors developed conditions allowing to efficiently detect differences in cardiomyocytes relaxation phases associated with increased […]
The growing prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes complicates risk and clinical management by potentiating and/or exacerbating hypertension, […]
Anthracyclines such as doxorubicin are chemotherapeutic molecules are also widely incorporated in many chemotherapy protocols. However, their clinical […]
Markers of an intense scarring process in the early phase post- myocardial infarction (MI) are still undetermined, and the identification of patients […]
Aortic valve calcification is a condition in which calcium deposits form on the aortic valve in the heart. These deposits can cause narrowing at the […]
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) which results from diastolic dysfunction is a growing epidemiologic problem. However, the […]
Ageing myocardium undergoes structural and functional changes characterized by progressive cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, interstitial fibrosis and […]