The relationship of systemic and pulmonary arterial parameters with HFpEF scores (H FPEF, HFA-PEFF) and diastolic dysfunction parameters in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction.

Objective: We aimed to show the relationship between pulmonary pulse wave transit time (pPTT), pulmonary artery stiffness (PAS), and aortic stiffness parameters measured by non-invasive methods, HFpEF patients, and HFpEF scores (H FPEF, HFA-PEFF).

Method: A total of 101 patients were included in our study, 52 of whom were HFpEF patients and 49 were control groups without heart failure. Echocardiographic parameters for PAS and pPTT were calculated, along with diastolic parameters that support the diagnosis of HFpEF.

Strain and strain rate echocardiography variables in adult Wilson's disease patients: A speckle tracking echocardiography study.

Purpose: Although the hepatic and neurological consequences of Wilson's disease (WD) have been investigated in detail, its cardiac involvement remains little studied. Our aim was to investigate potential cardiac differences in strain (ST) and strain rate (STR) echocardiography in adult WD patients compared with controls.

Methods: We included 30 patients with WD and a control group of 26 sex and age matched healthy adults.