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ReviewCardiovascular diagnosis and therapy2018

Is universal grading of diastolic function by echocardiography feasible?

Zoran B Popović, Kimi Sato, Milind Y Desai

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Review in Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Assessing diastolic function using CMR as an alternative to echocardiography: age- and gender-related normal reference values.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2025
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  4. Passive leg-lifting in heart failure patients predicts exercise-induced rise in left ventricular filling pressures.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2020
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  5. Can We Predict Failure of Mitral Valve Repair?Journal of clinical medicine · 2019
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3 authors.

Zoran B PopovićDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA.
Kimi SatoDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA.
Milind Y DesaiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantitation of diastolic function centers on the assessment of active and passive ventricular properties, and involves measurement estimates of ventricular relaxation, and chamber and myocardial stiffness. Diastolic dysfunction is a propensity to develop increased left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic pressure. Recently American Society of Echocardiography and European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASE/EACVI) proposed a new grading system. While the new guidelines are ambiguous and with cutoff points that may misclassify patients as both sicker and healthier than they are. This article outlines the pathophysiology behind the diastolic dysfunction and role and limitation of echocardiographic assessment in predicting LV diastolic dysfunction.

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Diastolic functionechocardiographyventricular volume

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PMID29541608
PMCPMC5835651

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