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Diastolic function in hypertension
Current Cardiology Reports, 2001Diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertension may present as asymptomatic findings on noninvasive testing, or as fulminant pulmonary edema, despite normal left ventricular systolic function. Up to 40% of hypertensive patients presenting with clinical signs of congestive heart failure have normal systolic left ventricular function. In this article
Joseph A. Diamond, Robert A. Phillips
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Diastolic (Dys)Function in Sepsis [PDF]
, 2007 Sepsis is a clinical syndrome that results from the systemic response of the body to infection [1]. It is a serious clinical problem, accounting for substantial morbidity and mortality. The majority of these patients die of refractory hypotension and of cardiovascular collapse [2].
Sturgess, D. J. +2 more
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DIASTOLIC (DYS-)FUNCTION AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY [PDF]
Cardiology Clinics, 2000 Cross-talk between cardiac electrical and mechanical function is a bidirectional process: The origin and spread of electric excitation govern cardiac contraction and relaxation, while the mechanic environment provides feedback information to the heart's electric behavior. The latter tends to be unduly disregarded by the medical community.
Peter Kohl +2 more
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Diastolic Function Impairment in Alcoholics
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2000Background: Chronic excessive ethanol consumption exerts a deleterious effect on the myocardium. Although the effects of chronic alcoholism on systolic cardiac function are well known, diastolic involvement has been evaluated only partially. Therefore, we determined the presence of left ventricular diastolic impairment in chronic alcoholics and its ...
Emilio Sacanella +6 more
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Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 2006 Information about left ventricular function was traditionally provided primarily with measures of systolic function. Including the assessment of diastolic function has become an integral part of the evaluation of left ventricular function. Echocardiographic parameters of structure and Doppler provide information on each portion of the diastolic phases.
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Assessment of Diastolic Function
2010Heart failure has become an increasingly important medical problem. It is one of the major reasons for hospitalization and is associated with increased mortality. The prevalence of heart failure is expected to rise with the aging of the population. About half of the patients with heart failure have preserved left ventricular systolic function, and ...
John P. Veinot, Kwan-Leung Chan
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Echocardiographic assessment of diastolic function
Current Opinion in Cardiology, 2001Abnormal diastolic function is increasingly appreciated as a major contributor to cardiac morbidity and mortality. Accurate noninvasive assessment of the presence and severity of diastolic impairment is crucial to the broad application and understanding of this common condition.
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Determinants of Diastolic Function
1989The original concept of diastolic function of the left ventricle was that the pressure within the left ventricle is determined by the balance between the forces due to pressures within the ventricular cavity that expand the ventricle and forces due to elasticity of the myocardium that resist this expansion. While this concept remains the centrepiece of
John C. Gilbert, Stanton A. Glantz
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Hypertension and Diastolic Function
20081. Diastolic dysfunction is common in hypertension and is associated with dyspnea on exertion, fatigue, and exercise intolerance. 2. Hypertension, obesity, and diabetes mellitus are the most important cardiovascular risk factors for the development of diastolic heart failure in the elderly. 3.
Raymond Gaillet, Otto M. Hess
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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2007
Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular filling pressures by echocardiography has been validated by invasive hemodynamic studies and correlated with clinical findings. A comprehensive echocardiographic examination based on the referral diagnosis and patient symptomatology routinely includes efforts to measure specific parameters of left ventricular ...
Steve R. Ommen +4 more
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Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular filling pressures by echocardiography has been validated by invasive hemodynamic studies and correlated with clinical findings. A comprehensive echocardiographic examination based on the referral diagnosis and patient symptomatology routinely includes efforts to measure specific parameters of left ventricular ...
Steve R. Ommen +4 more
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