Diastolic Function

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The Left Ventricular

There is still much uncertainty about the pathophysiology of diastolic heart failure, which still lacks an effective treatment, with a high mortality related to diastolic heart failure over the last decades. Diastolic heart failure is characterized by an increased LV diastolic stiffness. Echocardiographic there are some important measurements are indispensable to good to estimate. Stiffness in the standard ultrasound examination.

Left ventricular diastolic function

Normal Values ​​diastolic parameters

Schematic diastolic filling patterns

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Diastolic function flowchart

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