The pumping function of the left ventricle depends both on its ability to empty and its capacity
to fill at a low pressure. Diastolic dysfunction occurs when filling of the left ventricle …

Thirty to fifty percent of patients presenting with signs and symptoms of heart failure have a
normal left ventricular (LV) systolic ejection fraction. The clinical examination cannot …

Background Left atrial systolic dysfunction, unexplained by altered loading conditions, has
been reported in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy suggesting left atrial involvement in the …

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) is a frequent cause of heart failure. Doppler
echocardiography has become the method of choice for the noninvasive evaluation of …

The heart contracts in systole and relaxes and expands in diastole. Because the heart
supplies blood to peripheral organs, left ventricular ejection performance is obviously …

Diastolic dysfunction is an important cause of cardiac heart failure. To date detailed
assessment of diastolic left ventricular (LV) function has required invasive methods which …

The present investigation was undertaken in 12 normal subjects to determine the magnitude
of technical and biologic variability of six previously validated Doppler indexes of diastolic …

Elevated ventricular diastolic pressures are characteristic of congestive heart failure, and are
generally thought to result from reduced ventricular emptying in systole. To determine …

The prognostic values of tissue Doppler imaging and color M-mode diastolic indexes were
studied in 225 patients who had symptomatic systolic heart failure in the ADEPT study. The …

Recent studies (1, 2) have reemphasized the importance of left ventricular diastolic
dysfunction in the production of signs and symptoms of cardiac disease. Abnormal left …