Left ventricular long-axis changes in early diastole and systole: impact of systolic function on diastole

• Published in: Clinical science (1979) Vol. 102; no. 5; pp. 515 - 522
• Main Authors: YIP, Gabriel W., ZHANG, Yan, TAN, Peggy Y., WANG, Mei, HO, Pik-Yuk, BRODIN, L.-Å., SANDERSON, John E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Portland Press 01.05.2002
• Subjects: Adult; age; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Flow Velocity; Cardiology. Vascular system; constrictive pericarditis; Diastole; disease; doppler-echocardiography; early diastole; echocardiography; Echocardiography, Doppler; ejection fraction; Female; Heart; Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement; heart-failure; Humans; hypertrophy; Linear Models; long-axis function; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; mitral anulus; Mitral Valve - physiopathology; restrictive cardiomyopathy; Sex Distribution; Stroke Volume; Systole; systolic function; velocity; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; Sonography; Doppler ultrasound study; Human; Cardiac performance; Mitral valve; Diastole; Cardiovascular disease; Exploration; Systole; Myocardial disease; Velocity; Left ventricle; Heart disease; Early

Impaired long-axis motion is a sensitive marker of systolic myocardial dysfunction, but no data are available that relate long-axis changes in systole with those in diastole, particularly in subjects with diastolic dysfunction and a 'normal' left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction. A total...