A number of recent community-based epidemiologic studies suggest that 40% to 50% of the
cases of heart failure have preserved left ventricular systolic function. Although diastolic …

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 …

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 …

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

Doppler assessment of diastolic function has become a standard part of routine
echocardiographic examination and imparts information relevant to a patient's functional …

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 …

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 …

The importance of systolic ventricular dysfunction in the genesis of the signs and symptoms
of congestive heart failure has long been recognized. It has only been in the last decade that …

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 …

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 …