In hypertensive cardiomyopathies, diastolic function is abnormal due to impaired relaxation
associated with left ventricular hypertrophy, and a variable degree of reduction in left …

Objectives. This study was designed to determine the usefulness of transthoracic Doppler
measurements in detecting increased left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic pressure in patients …

OBJETIVO: Avaliar o comportamento das velocidades de movimentação diastólica do
segmento VE septal posterior basal justa-anular, obtidos pelo Doppler tissular em relação …

It has been shown a good accuracy to predict high left ventricular end-diastolic pressure for
a value> 1.6 of a new tissue Doppler index, E/(E′× S′), including the ratio between early …

Evaluation of diastolic filling of the heart has been difficult because of its complexity and the
numerous interrelated contributing factors. Previous determinations have depended on high …

The evaluation of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function is an essential component of the
echocardiographic examination for dyspneic patients with impaired or preserved LV systolic …

Comprehensive and precise assessment of left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic
function is necessary to establish, or exclude, heart failure as a cause or component of …

Among 90 consecutive patients with various degrees of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction
(normal patients, LV hypertrophy, LV ejection fraction< 50%, and< 30%), the mitral valve …

In order to evaluate left ventricular function of dilated cardiomyopathy, 24 patients and ten
healthy subjects were studied by exercise echocardiography. The patients with dilated …