Ultrasound evaluation of LV diastolic dysfunction
Published
10 July 2012
| Article by Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2012
| Tags:
epidemiology,
echocardiography,
tissue-doppler-imaging,
diastole.
Ultrasound evaluation of LV diastolic dysfunction
Cardiovascular risk factors underlie the first stage of diastolic heart failure (HF). This stage evolves into asymptomatic left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) characterized by impaired relaxation and increased left ventricular (LV) stiffness, and finally progresses to clinically overt diastolic...
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