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 ...

or diastolic stiffness (based on echocardiography). The problem with this definition lies mainly in the third criterion. Since the echocardiographic criteria are somewhat complex, the predictive ...

We have a state-of-the-art VEVO 3100 ECHO machine, an MX400 variable frequency (20-46MHz) probe, a temperature-controlled platform with EKG monitoring, and an anesthesia machine. We can measure ...

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

Echocardiography is a sensitive tool to detect early subclinical changes in LV function. Community-based studies revealed a higher than hitherto expected prevalence of LV systolic and diastolic ...

Diastolic mitral regurgitation can occur ... nevertheless it can be detected on echocardiography. This phenomenon simply stresses the importance of normal AV synchrony to maintain normal left ...

High blood pressure is defined by elevated readings in either systolic (top number) or diastolic (bottom number) blood pressure measurements. A consistently high diastolic blood pressure can ...

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) ...