IMPLICATIONS: We evaluated the effects of load changes on systolic mitral annular velocity
(Sm) by Tissue Doppler Imaging velocity. Our results show that Sm is dependent on …

Aim. The assessment of diastolic function remains difficult in critical care patients because of
unstable preload conditions. Described as fairly insensitive to preload changes, tissue …

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 …

Flow propagation velocity (Vp) is a new method of assessing left ventricular (LV) diastolic
(D) function that seems to be insensitive to heart rate and preload changes. We …

Background The ratio of mitral velocity to early-diastolic velocity of the mitral annulus (E/e′)
is an indicator of diastolic function representing acute loading conditions of the left ventricle …

BACKGROUND: Peak systolic mitral annular velocity (Sm) measured by tissue Doppler
echocardiography has been recognized as an independent predictor of mortality in patients …

OBJECTIVE: Doppler echocardiography, including tissue Doppler imaging, is widely applied
to assess diastolic left ventricular function using early transmitral flow velocity combined with …

Several studies have suggested that the mitral annulus displacement and velocity in early
diastole can be used as indicators of diastolic performance. The peak velocity of the mitral …

Aims: To evaluate the effect of considerably high left ventricular filling pressure with mitral
regurgitation on mitral annular velocity during early diastole. Subjects: Two hundred and …

OBJECTIVES Our goal was to identify the hemodynamic determinants of the mitral annulus
(MA) diastolic velocities by tissue Doppler. BACKGROUND The MA diastolic velocities are …