Background—Noninvasive assessment of diastolic filling by Doppler echocardiography
provides important information about left ventricular (LV) status in selected subsets of …

Objectives. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the usefulness of preload alterations in
assessing left ventricular filling pressures with transmitral Doppler velocity curves …

OBJECTIVES.: The purpose of this study was to examine the relation of the mitral flow
velocity curves to left ventricular filling pressures in patients with two different types of …

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 …

Background—Conventional Doppler measurements have limitations in the prediction of left
atrial pressure (LAP) in patients with mitral valve disease (MVD), given the confounding …

Pulsed Doppler mitral flow velocity measurements have been used to evaluate left
ventricular diastolic filling. In normal persons these measurements are affected by age and …

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

Noninvasive estimation of left ventricular (LV) filling pressures is currently utilized in several
laboratories using Doppler echocardiography. Previous studies have shown the accuracy of …

Study objectives: Early diastolic mitral annular velocity (E') by tissue Doppler
echocardiography (TD) has been reported to be a load-independent index of left ventricular …

Traditional echocardiographic assessment of LV diastolic function relied on Doppler
patterns of mitral inflow. Reflecting the pressure gradient between the left atrium and LV …