Conclusion: Myocardial deformation is impaired in RA patients and is related to aortic stiffness. Chronic inhibition of TNF alpha improves LV deformation in association with aortic elasticity.

Conclusion: The EVLA procedure may be superior to RFA in certain respects.

Conclusion: Cutaneous analgesia before TRA for coronary interventions is associated with a substantial reduction in the RAS and the procedure-related level of patient discomfort.

Conclusion: The impairment in thiol/disulphide homeostasis, which is indicative of oxidative stress, is associated with inflammation in obesity. In addition, cardiovascular involvement may also contribute to this impairment.

Conclusions: RA is characterized by increased LVtor. Long term TNF-alpha inhibition improves LV longitudinal and radial systolic deformation and decreases LVtor.

Our results indicate that the use of artificial neochordae implantation as an adjunct procedure to annuloplasty leads to effective and durable repair in comparison with conventional techniques for treating tricuspid regurgitation.

Purpose. The purposes of this study are to assess the acute effects of iodixanol, an iso-osmolar contrast media, on pulmonary functions and to evaluate the body composition in order to find out its role in causing this ...