Objectives: Our goal was to noninvasively assess left atrial diastolic function and its relation
to the impaired left ventricular filling in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Methods …

Diastolic dysfunction is common in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC). Previous studies
suggest that Doppler transmitral flow velocity profiles, and the left atrial (LA) M-mode …

Diastolic left ventricular function was studied in 20 patients with obstructive hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy, 10 with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and 20 control subjects. The …

Aims: Left ventricular diastolic function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has
been adequately studied. In contrast there are few studies concerning right ventricular …

Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) is characterized by impaired left ventricular
(LV) diastolic function due to an increase in LV wall thickness. The severity of this disease …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a primary myocardial disease in which symptoms may
frequently result from impaired left ventricular relaxation, filling and compliance. In the …

BACKGROUND: Left atrial enlargement is a marker of diastolic dysfunction, which is present
in most patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). It is unclear as to whether left …

In hypertrophic cardiomyopthy, the relation between left ventricular diastolic impairment and
magnitude of left ventricular hypertrophy has not been clearly defined. In the present study …

Some studies have demonstrated that left ventricular (LV) diastolic function is the principal
determinant of impaired exercise capacity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC). In this study …

Doppler echocardiography was used to assess diastolic function in 40 patients with
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and to relate it to the patients' symptoms, anaerobic threshold …