Heart failure (HF) has become increasingly common within the elderly population,
decreasing their survival and overall quality of life. In fact, despite the improvements in …

Over the last 100 years, high‐altitude researchers have amassed a comprehensive
understanding of the global cardiac responses to acute, prolonged and lifelong hypoxia …

Objectives”, explains how to select and use various test methods for evaluating disease
states, the prognosis, and the effects of treatment. References to the literature published …

OBJECTIVE Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) represents one of the earliest stages of
glucose dysregulation and is associated with macrovascular disease, retinopathy, and …

Objective: To improve the differential diagnosis between patients with multiple system
atrophy (MSA) and idiopathic PD (IPD) with autonomic failure. Background: Some patients …

Abstract [123I] Metaiodobenzylguanidine ([123I] MIBG) cardiac scintigraphy could be helpful
to differentiate Parkinson's disease (PD) from multiple system atrophy (MSA), demonstrating …

Objectives: The study sought to investigate adrenergic activity in patients with takotsubo
cardiomyopathy (TTC). Background: TTC is a specific type of reversible heart failure possibly …

Background Although several myocardial iodine 123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG)
indices are increasingly used to detect alterations in myocardial sympathetic activity in …

B corresponds to the infarct zone, whereas in a Q-wave infarction, the denervated area is
larger than the infarct zone because the downstream areas of the myocardium are also …

Despite widespread prophylactic use of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy,
sudden cardiac death and refractory arrhythmia events are still important clinical issues to …