Evaluating functional capacity, and mortality effects in the presence of atrial electromechanical conduction delay in patients with systolic heart failure.

Objective: Atrial functions are relatively suppressed in heart failure (HF). We aimed to investigate the associations of intra- and inter-atrial electromechanical conduction delay (EMCD) with functional class and mortality over a 12-month follow-up period.

Methods: The prospective study included 65 patients with systolic HF and 65 healthy subjects with normal sinus rhythm.

The change in right ventricular systolic function according to the revascularisation method used, following acute ST -segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Objective: The level of right ventricular (RV) systolic function has prognostic importance in right ventricular ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (RV-STEMI). This study aimed to evaluate the changes in RV systolic function in patients with RV-STEMI according to the revascularisation method used for their management.

Methods: The first group consisted of 132 patients who received primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI).