All subjects underwent Doppler echocardiography. Twenty-one percent of subjects had mild diastolic dysfunction, and 7% had moderate-to-severe diastolic dysfunction; only a quarter of those with ...

There are four grades of diastolic dysfunction as described below. Echocardiography is the gold standard to diagnose diastolic dysfunction. Grade I (impaired relaxation): This is a normal finding ...

Conventional echocardiography combined with new ... based studies revealed a higher prevalence of LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction using the new echocardiographic imaging techniques.

India: A recent study highlights the growing role of Cardiac CT Angiography (CCTA) in assessing left ventricular (LV) ...

Diastolic dysfunction also occurs frequently in ... However, in recent years, 2D and Doppler echocardiography has become the standard laboratory method to confirm the clinical diagnosis and ...

However, it has also been suggested that physical training attenuates the age-associated impairment of diastolic filling. This study investigated whether mechanical dysfunction in the left atrium (LA) ...