Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography

F. Nagueh, Sherif; P. Appleton, C.; Gillebert, Thierry; Marino, Paolo; K. Oh, Jae; A. Smiseth, Otto; D. Waggoner, Alan; A. Flachskampf, Frank; A. Pellikka, Patricia; Evangelisa, A.

doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep007

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Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography

Published in European Journal of Echocardiography • Aug 4, 2008

Authors:

Sherif F. Nagueh

C. P. Appleton

Thierry Gillebert

Abstract

The assessment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function should be an integral part of a routine examination, particularly in patients presenting with dyspnea or heart failure. About half of patients with new diagnoses of heart failure have normal or near normal global ejection fractions (EFs). Th...

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Medicine

Diastolic function

Cardiology

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