Left Atrial Structure and Function, and Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in atrial fibrillation

echocardiographic assessment of inappropriate left ventricular mass and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with diastolic dysfunction

background: early diagnosis of left ventricular mass (lvm) inappropriateness and left ventricular hypertrophy   (lvh) can result in preventing diastolic left ventricular dysfunction and its related morbidity and mortality. this study was performed to determine if diastolic dysfunction   is associated with lvh and inappropriate lvm. methods: one hundred   and twenty five uncomplicated hypertensi...

Impact of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction on left atrial volume and function: a volumetric analysis.

AIMS Diastolic dysfunction may result in elevation of left ventricular (LV) and atrial pressures, resulting in left atrial (LA) remodelling. We examined the effects of LV diastolic dysfunction on LA volume and function. METHODS AND RESULTS We measured LA volume and function in 83 patients with normal LV systolic function. The LV diastolic function grade was defined using traditional Doppler m...

Diastolic dysfunction and left atrial volume

OBJECTIVES We examined the association between diastolic function and left atrial volume indexed to body surface area (LAVi) in a population-based study. BACKGROUND Atrial enlargement has been suggested as a marker of the severity and duration of diastolic dysfunction (DD). However, the association between DD and atrial enlargement and their individual prognostic implications in the population ...

Left ventricular diastolic function and dysfunction: Central role of echocardiography

Comprehensive and precise assessment of left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function is necessary to establish, or exclude, heart failure as a cause or component of dyspnea. Echocardiography with Doppler readily assesses LV diastolic function; advantages include that echocardiography is non-invasive, does not require radiation, is portable, rapid, readily available, and in competent ha...