The normal cardiac cycle consists of two phases, systole and diastole, which are repeated
over time to maintain an adequate cardiac output. The systole has been traditionally …

Heart failure has been identified as a major health care initiative for the millennium. In the
United States alone there are more than 4· 9 million people with heart failure and 450 000 …

The authors evaluated a value of diastolic indices of the left ventricle assessed by Doppler
from transmitral flow in prediction of diastolic dysfunction. They were related to …

Left ventricular (LV) diastolic function can be evaluated by echocardiographic indices of LV
relaxation/restoring forces, diastolic compliance, and filling pressure. By using a …

Mechanical performance of the heart depends on the physiologic interplay of its systolic and
diastolic function. However, the cardiologist is used to defining left ventricular (LV) function …

Information about left ventricular function was traditionally provided primarily with measures
of systolic function. Including the assessment of diastolic function has become an integral …

Diastole is the portion of the cardiac cycle that spans from isovolumic ventricular relaxation
to the Her exercise tolerance has been slowly declining completion of antegrade mitral flow …

Tissue Doppler imaging in the evaluation of left ventricular... : Current Opinion in Cardiology
Tissue Doppler imaging in the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function : Current Opinion …

Diastole extends from the closure of the aortic valve to the end of the transmitral flow. It is
divided into four phases: an isovolumic relaxation phase, a rapid filling phase due to …

Abnormal diastolic function portends a poor prognosis regardless of any associated systolic
dysfunction. There is controversy regarding the precision with which diagnosis of diastolic …