The burgeoning evidence of patients diagnosed with sigmoidal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) later in life has revived the quest for distinctive features that may help discriminate it from more ...

Coupled with this, the size of the mitral annulus, annulus-to-interventricular septal distance and LVOT and septal shape should also be taken into consideration (57, 60). The trans-septal approach is ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Pablo Garcia-Pavia, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Manuel de Falla, Majadahonda, Madrid, 28222, Spain; pablogpavia{at}yahoo.es To understand the ...