- Aortic valve replacement with the Sorin Pericarbon Freedom stentless prosthesis: 7 years’ experience in 130 patients Abstract OBJECTIVES: Aortic stentless pericardial valves were introduced into clinical practice to combine properties of both stentless and (...)
- NT-proBNP, IGF-I and survival in patients with chronic heart failure Abstract OBJECTIVE: Growth hormone (GH) resistance with a reduction of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) serum concentrations seems to be (...)
- Prognostic value of tissue Doppler-derived ventricular asynchrony in patients with left bundle branch block but not advanced heart failure Abstract OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE)-derived (...)
