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 …

Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function is an integral part of
the routine evaluation of patients presenting with symptoms of dyspnea or heart failure. The …

Left ventricular (LV) diastolic function can be evaluated by echocardiographic indices of LV
relaxation/restoring forces, diastolic compliance, and filling pressure. By using a …

A number of recent community-based epidemiologic studies suggest that 40% to 50% of the
cases of heart failure have preserved left ventricular systolic function. Although diastolic …

The role of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in health and disease is still incompletely
understood and underappreciated by most primary care physicians and many cardiologists …

Highlights•LV relaxation and compliance properties can be inferred using echo-Doppler
imaging.•Annular e′ velocity reflects active relaxation, elastic recoil and lengthening …

Diastolic heart failure (DHF) currently accounts for more than 50% of all heart failure
patients. DHF is also referred to as heart failure with normal left ventricular (LV) ejection …

Background—Doppler echocardiography is currently applied for the assessment of left
ventricular and right ventricular hemodynamics in patients with cardiovascular disease …

Patients with heart disease frequently have abnormalities of systolic function. However, it is
now well recognised that abnormalities of diastolic function play a major role in producing …

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