title: Echocardiographic assessment of diastolic function.
abstract: Abnormal diastolic function is increasingly appreciated as a major contributor to cardiac morbidity and mortality. Accurate noninvasive assessment of the presence and severity of diastolic impairment is crucial to the broad application and understanding of this common condition. Echocardiographic parameters have become the backbone of this noninvasive assessment. Active investigation into both old and new Doppler variables will provide the framework that can lead to a more uniform assessment and reporting that will be essential as we prepare to confront clinically the next frontier in cardiac pathophysiology. This review discusses the clinical impact of recent echocardiographic contributions to the field of diastology.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. ommen.steve@mayo.edu
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ommen
mesh_terms: D016279:Atrial Function, Left; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003971:Diastole; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000502:physiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000502:physiology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left