TY - JOUR
T1 - Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Filling Pressures
AU - Wang, Jianwen
AU - Nagueh, Sherif F.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Diastolic dysfunction plays an important role in the pathophysiology of heart failure. Although it is still controversial whether or not patients with preserved ejection fraction have depressed left ventricular (LV) systolic function, LV filling pressures determine exercise tolerance independent of the severity of systolic dysfunction. Therefore, estimation of LV filling pressures is important not only for diagnosis, but also for management of patients with heart failure. The efficacy and limitations of different diagnostic approaches, including Doppler imaging, are discussed.
AB - Diastolic dysfunction plays an important role in the pathophysiology of heart failure. Although it is still controversial whether or not patients with preserved ejection fraction have depressed left ventricular (LV) systolic function, LV filling pressures determine exercise tolerance independent of the severity of systolic dysfunction. Therefore, estimation of LV filling pressures is important not only for diagnosis, but also for management of patients with heart failure. The efficacy and limitations of different diagnostic approaches, including Doppler imaging, are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hfc.2007.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.hfc.2007.10.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18313625
AN - SCOPUS:39649097390
VL - 4
SP - 57
EP - 70
JO - Heart Failure Clinics
JF - Heart Failure Clinics
SN - 1551-7136
IS - 1
ER -