Patients with heart disease frequently have abnormalities of systolic function. However, it is
now well recognised that abnormalities of diastolic function play a major role in producing …

The role of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in health and disease is still incompletely
understood and underappreciated by most primary care physicians and many cardiologists …

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the leading cause of cardiac morbidity and mortality from
cardiovascular disease. Although left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction occurs in all …

We evaluated diastolic filling patterns using Doppler echocardiography in 520 consecutive
patients referred to our laboratory for transthoracic echocardiograms retrospectively and …

Abnormalities of diastolic function have a major role in producing the signs and symptoms of
heart failure. However, diastolic function of the heart is a complex sequence of multiple …

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

Abnormal diastolic function is increasingly appreciated as a major contributor to cardiac
morbidity and mortality. Accurate noninvasive assessment of the presence and severity of …

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 …

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

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to compare invasive with noninvasive indices
of diastolic function in a well-defined group of patients with diastolic dysfunction and a …