Primary diastolic failure is typically seen in patients with hypertensive or valvular heart
disease as well as in hypertrophic or restrictive cardiomyopathy but can also occur in a …

It is now recognized that 30% to 50% of patients who have symptomatic congestive heart
failure have preserved left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction [1, 2]. Abnormalities in diastolic …

Recent studies (1, 2) have reemphasized the importance of left ventricular diastolic
dysfunction in the production of signs and symptoms of cardiac disease. Abnormal left …

The relation between Doppler and digitized M-mode echocardiographic indexes of left
ventricular (LV) diastolic function was analyzed. Diastolic variables obtained with these 2 …

Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to highlight the echo Doppler
parameters that form the cornerstone for the evaluation of diastolic function as per the …

Tissue Doppler imaging is a new promising method of non-invasive assessment of cardiac
function. This method has heralded a renaissance of interest in longitudinal ventricular …

In recent years diastolic cardiac function has attracted increasing attention since parameters
of diastolic function were found to be altered earlier or more specifically than parameters of …

Transmitral flow velocity was measured by Doppler echocardiography in 15 patients with
coronary artery disease simultaneously with high-fidelity recording of left ventricular …

Objective. To compare the left ventricular function in patients with ischemic and nonischemic
cardiomyopathy using tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE). Methods. We studied 30 …

Measurements can be made during diastole with many techniques, old or new, but can there
be said to be as many impaired “functions” as there are abnormal measurements? Surely …