[Assessment of left ventricular diastolic pressure with Doppler echocardiography].
Transthoracic echocardiography is able to provide immediate and relevant information in case of respiratory failure. The authors report a case of congestive heart failure with normal systolic function. Transmitral and pulmonary venous flow velocities have been used to assess left ventricular filling pressure and diastolic function.
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Service de réanimation médicale, hôpital Salvator, 249, boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite, 13274 Marseille, France. aboussuges@mail.ap-hm.fr
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left