The authors studied 35 normal subjects (41+/-6 years) and 22 patients with idiopathic
dilated cardiomyopathy 48+/-7 years; ejection fraction: 31+/-12%) in order to determine …

Authors' synopsis Thirteen patients with different forms of heart disease were studied by
Doppler auscultation and dopplercardiometry, as well as cardiac catheterization and cine …

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 …

Dilated cardiomyopathy is basically regarded as a disease of left ventricular systolic
dysfunction. There are only a few studies evaluating diastolic function in patients with dilated …

We have investigated the possibility of detecting early abnormalities of left ventricular
function at the initial phase of ischemic cardiomyopathy. Sixteen normotensive patients with …

A large number of patients suspected of having congestive heart failure have normal left
ventricular systolic function and may, therefore, have primary diastolic heart failure. This …

Assessment of left ventricular filling pressures is now part of routine echocardiographic
examination. It is a semi-quantitative evaluation usually based on analysis of transmitral …

Symptoms of heart failure can be caused by the diastolic dysfunction even in patients with
normal ejection fraction, and this condition has been called diastolic heart failure. After …

DOPPLER echocardiography is a new non invasive technique for assessing left ventricular
diastolic function. Its greatest advantage over cineangiography and radionuclide angio …