American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 94, Issue 8 , Pages 1099-1101, 15 October 2004

Which echocardiographic Doppler left ventricular diastolic function measurements are most feasible in the clinical echocardiographic laboratory?

St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Received 30 March 2004; received in revised form 28 June 2004; accepted 28 June 2004.

Numerous measures of left ventricular diastolic function are currently in clinical use. To determine which echo-Doppler left ventricular diastolic function measurements are most feasible in the clinical echocardiographic laboratory, the success rate, recording time taken by the sonographer, and inter-reader variability were calculated for transmitral valve inflow, pulmonary vein flow, tissue Doppler imaging, and color M-mode flow propagation velocity in 80 inpatients.

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PII: S0002-9149(04)01088-4

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.06.080

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 94, Issue 8 , Pages 1099-1101, 15 October 2004

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