Diastolic function: a sonographer's approach to the essential echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular diastolic function

Gregory Gilman; Tishri A Nelson; William H Hansen; Bijoy K Khandheria; Steve R Ommen

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2006.08.005

Diastolic function: a sonographer's approach to the essential echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular diastolic function

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007 Feb;20(2):199-209. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.08.005.

Authors

Gregory Gilman¹, Tishri A Nelson, William H Hansen, Bijoy K Khandheria, Steve R Ommen

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

PMID: 17275713
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.08.005

Abstract

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 diastolic function. We provide a step-by-step approach to goal-directed echocardiographic assessment of diastolic function.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diastole*
Echocardiography / methods*
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods*
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Manometry / methods*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*