Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, and its prevalence in the population is increasing.1 Diastolic dysfunction shares many common risk factors with AF, including age, hypertension,2–5 obesity,6,7 and diabetes.8,9 Like AF, diastolic dysfunction increases with age,10 and patients given the diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction are more likely to have AF at the time.11 D...

Aim: To find the frequency of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with diabetes on Doppler echocardiography by measuring their early to late diastolic mitral inflow velocity (E/A ratio) and deceleration time (DT) on Pulse Wave (PW) Doppler and E’ velocity on tissue volume imaging (TVI). Methods: A sample of 97 asymptomatic patients, male and female, was taken from Department of C...

background: cardiac rehabilitation is known as a powerful non-pharmacological approach for improving functional capacity, and left ventricular systolic function; however, some limited data have suggested an attenuation of the decline in diastolic function with this program. this study investigated the effect of high intensity aerobic exercise following coronary artery bypass surgery (cabg) on d...

BACKGROUND Hypertension and age are recognized as important risk factors for left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction. Some studies have shown that diabetes itself may also be an independent risk factor for LV diastolic dysfunction, although this is controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with LV diastolic dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes in t...

elative risk for moderate to severe diastolic dysfunction versus ild dysfunction and normal function is 3.8 for CV1 and 3.9 for V2. Mild diastolic dysfunction in this subset carries a similar rognosis as in the full study (7% vs. 6%), whereas the normal roup has a nonsignificantly better prognosis (0% vs. 4%). Thus, using a non–age-adjusted Doppler-echocardiographic lassification of diastolic f...

Background and Objective Diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle is a mechanical abnormality diagnosed primarily by echocardiogram, and can be distinguished into three separate degrees based on the severity of reduction in passive compliance and active myocardial relaxation. Methods A literature search was performed for basic science studies, clinical studies and major practice guidelines o...

501 Abstract: Diastolic dysfunction is characterized by increased resistance to ventricular filling, inappropriate upward shift of the diastolic pressure-volume relationship and exercise intolerance. Inappropriate tachycardia, decreased diastolic compliance and impaired systolic relaxation lead to diastolic dysfunction. Optimal therapy will depend on the type and pathophysiologic phase of disea...

OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to characterize left ventricular diastolic function in the sickle cell disease (SCD) population and to relate echocardiographic measures of dysfunction with pulmonary hypertension and mortality. BACKGROUND Pulmonary hypertension has been identified as a predictor of death in the adult SCD population. Although diastolic dysfunction is also observed in this...