TY - JOUR
T1 - The echo-doppler evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function
T2 - A current perspective
AU - Appleton, Christopher P.
AU - Firstenberg, Michael S.
AU - Garcia, Mario J.
AU - Thomas, James D.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by grants from the American Heart Association, Scottsdale, Arizona (CPA), Ohio Affiliates, Cleveland Ohio (MSF, MJG), and the National Aeronautics Space Administration and National Institutes of Health (JDT).
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The role of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in health and disease is still incompletely understood and under appreciated by most primary care physicians and many cardiologists. Physical examination, electrocardiogram, and chest radiographs are unreliable in making the diagnosis of LV diastolic dysfunction in most individuals, and invasive measurements of cardiac pressures, rates of LV relaxation, and LV compliance are costly, clinically impracticable as they carry increased risk, and require special catheters and software analysis programs. The authors address the definition of LV diastolic dysfunction, history of diastole, LV filling patterns, pulmonary venous flow velocity variables, additional ancillary data, practical echo-Doppler evaluation of LV diastolic function, and limitations.
AB - The role of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in health and disease is still incompletely understood and under appreciated by most primary care physicians and many cardiologists. Physical examination, electrocardiogram, and chest radiographs are unreliable in making the diagnosis of LV diastolic dysfunction in most individuals, and invasive measurements of cardiac pressures, rates of LV relaxation, and LV compliance are costly, clinically impracticable as they carry increased risk, and require special catheters and software analysis programs. The authors address the definition of LV diastolic dysfunction, history of diastole, LV filling patterns, pulmonary venous flow velocity variables, additional ancillary data, practical echo-Doppler evaluation of LV diastolic function, and limitations.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0733-8651(05)70159-4
DO - 10.1016/S0733-8651(05)70159-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 10986587
AN - SCOPUS:0033852485
SN - 0733-8651
VL - 18
SP - 513
EP - 546
JO - Cardiology clinics
JF - Cardiology clinics
IS - 3
ER -