conclusions our study obtained some evidences on the association of micro albuminuria with diastolic dysfunction in obese normotensive no diabetic individuals. nonetheless, more assessment is necessary for obtaining a causal relationship between micro albuminuria and diastolic dysfunction. background recently, an association between impaired diastolic function and increased urinary albumin excr...

Purpose: Echocardiography has become a useful method for assessing structural diseases of the heart. MAPSE and TDI S’ have also been shown to be reproducible assessments longitudinal heart changes as LVEF is ineffective in cases sub-optimal echocardiographic imagery caused by artefacts or air trapping.
 Methodology: One hundred patients referred echocardiography at cardiac laboratory DELSU...

Many patients with acute heart failure have marked hypertension and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. In these patients, the heart failure usually does not result from transient systolic dysfunction or valvular abnormalities but rather results from diastolic dysfunction. Treatment of this condition includes control of hypertension, cautious diuresis, and, if necessary, ventilatory s...

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