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The Natural History of Left Ventricular Filling Abnormalities: Assessment by Two‐Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography
Author(s) -
APPLETON CHRISTOPHER P.,
HATLE LIV K.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1992.tb00486.x
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , ventricular filling , doppler echocardiography , diastole , context (archaeology) , diastolic function , hemodynamics , natural history , doppler effect , blood pressure , physics , paleontology , astronomy , biology
Doppler and two‐dimensional echocardiography are being increasingly used for the indirect assessment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function. In this article the alterations in LV filling patterns that occur in patients with LV diastolic function are reviewed in the context of echocardiographic findings. A progression of LV filling abnormalities is presented in the sequential “stages” in which we believe they occur in most cardiac disease states. Patient symptoms, hemodynamics, pulmonary venous flow velocities, and left atrial function associated with the different LV filling patterns are also discussed.