The role of Doppler echocardiography of transmitral filling velocities in the assessment of
diastolic function in man has not been adequately defined. It is now appreciated that multiple …

Left ventricular diastolic function is a broad term which refers to a group of complex
processes which interact to determine the resistance to filling of the left ventricle.'Impairment …

D iastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle is an important cause of cardiac morbidity and
appears to be one of the earliest detectable abnormalities in a number of disorders. 1-6 Left …

To establish the normal limits for various pulsed Doppler echocardiographic indices of left
ventricular diastolic function, 92 healthy volunteers aged from 5 to 75 years were …

Recently, considerable effort has been directed toward the application of Doppler methods
for detecting diastolic dysfunction. Recordings of transmitral filling velocity as obtained from …

Abnormalities of diastolic filling are increasingly recognized as a cause of symptoms and
predictors of outcome in patients with most forms of heart disease. Noninvasive assessment …

To evaluate the influence of left ventricular chamber stiffness and relaxation on Doppler
echocardiographic indexes of diastolic function, 35 patients (mean age 60±12 years) were …

In the past, evaluation of the myocardium has been limited to examining systolic function of
the heart. Recently, however, investigators have demonstrated that abnormalities of diastolic …

This investigation was performed to determine whether variables obtained directly from the
Doppler left ventricular diastolic flow velocity profile provide a reliable estimate of diastolic …

We examined the influence of alterations in preload on pulsed Doppler indexes of left
ventricular diastolic function in 50 patients including 12 without cardiovascular disease, 29 …