Y. Wasserstrum

Adverse effect of left ventricular hypertrophy in women with heart failure

Left ventricular hypertrophy is a hallmark of adverse remodeling in heart failure (HF), yet commonly used echocardiographic measures provide limited insight into sex-specific risk. Interventricular septal (IVS) thickness is routinely measured, but its independent prognostic value and potential sex-related differe...

History of hypertension is associated with improved survival in patients with nonischemic etiology of heart failure and reduced ejection fraction.

Clinical manifestations and cardiac abnormalities in systemic Amyloid A Amyloidosis.

BACKGROUND Cardiac involvement in systemic amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis is traditionally considered rare. Respectively, contemporary data describing cardiac characteristics of patients with systemic AA amyloidosis are scarce. METHODS All patients with a diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis were identified from electronic...

Calcium Channel Blockers are Safe and Beneficial in Patients with Heart Failure and Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease.

In patients with heart failure and advanced chronic kidney disease, CCBs use was associated with improved survival, supporting their potential role as a safe adjunctive therapy for blood pressure control in this high-risk population.

Frailty Attenuates the Prognostic Value of Multimorbidity in Heart Failure - Insights From the Largest Tertiary Center in the Middle East.

Frailty fundamentally attenuates risk in HF, while multimorbidity stratifies prognosis only when physiological reserve is preserved, while multimorbidity stratifies prognosis only when physiological reserve is preserved.