Recommendations for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-193

  Nagueh, Sherif F ^a   Appleton, Christopher P ^b   Gillebert, Thierry C ^c   Marino, Paolo N ^d   Oh, Jae K ^e   Smiseth, Otto A ^f   Waggoner, Alan D ^g   Flachskampf, Frank A ^h   Pellikka, Patricia A ^e   Evangelisa, Arturo ⁱ  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diastole; Doppler; Echocardiography; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG VEIN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORTALITY; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; VALSALVA MANEUVER; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; PULMONARY ARTERY;

DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; EXERCISE TEST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 62449330865     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep007     Document Type: Review

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