Numerous measures of left ventricular diastolic function are currently in clinical use. To
determine which echo-Doppler left ventricular diastolic function measurements are most …

Diastolic dysfunction is a syndrome characterized by impaired ventricular filling.
Abnormalities in diastolic function can generally be classified as being the result of …

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 …

The purpose of this study was to assess altered left ventricular diastolic filling by noninvasive
means in patients with coronary artery disease and normal systolic pump function. Mitral …

In patients with heart disease, changes in left ventricular filling pressures produce alterations
in the Doppler transmitral flow velocity and isovolumetric relaxation time. This investigation …

Left ventricular diastolic filling was characterized by transmitral pulsed-wave Doppler
velocities in 62 patients with acute myocardial infarction, and diastolic filling variables were …

Although left ventricular diastolic filling patterns can be examined by both Doppler velocity
recordings and gated blood pool scintigraphy, few data exist regarding a comparison of …

Doppler ultrasound has been utilized to evaluate cardiac output and left ventricular filling
pressure in patients with various cardiac diseases. This method would be particularly useful …

In patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) of different aetiologies, a variable frequency
of improvement in the left ventricular (LV) systolic function has been reported, while in …

Left ventricular hypertrophy is usually associated with impaired left ventricular diastolic
function which can be characterised by an altered pressure volume relationship. Since …