The assessment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function should be an integral part of a
routine examination, particularly in patients presenting with dyspnea or heart failure. About …

Hypertension remains a major contributor to the global burden of disease. The
measurement of blood pressure continues to have pitfalls related to both physiological …

Background The prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in adults with sickle cell disease,
the mechanism of its development, and its prospective prognostic significance are unknown …

Echocardiography has become the primary imaging tool in the diagnosis and assessment of
congenital and acquired heart disease in infants, children, and adolescents. Transthoracic …

To determine the prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic,
normotensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, we studied 61 consecutive …

OBJECTIVE. Because a pseudonormal pattern of ventricular filling has never been
considered in studies that reported a prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic value of a noninvasive
measure of left ventricular diastolic pressure (LVDP) early after acute myocardial infarction …

Left ventricular diastolic filling can be determined reliably by Doppler-derived mitral and
pulmonary venous flow velocities. Diastolic filling abnormalities are broadly classified at …

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To evaluate the prevalence of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction in patients with type 2
diabetes mellitus free of cardiovascular disease, we studied 86 normotensive men and …