title: Diastolic function: a sonographer's approach to the essential echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular diastolic function.
abstract: Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular filling pressures by echocardiography has been validated by invasive hemodynamic studies and correlated with clinical findings. A comprehensive echocardiographic examination based on the referral diagnosis and patient symptomatology routinely includes efforts to measure specific parameters of left ventricular diastolic function. We provide a step-by-step approach to goal-directed echocardiographic assessment of diastolic function.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.forename: Tishri A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Bijoy K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Khandheria
authors.forename: Steve R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ommen
mesh_terms: D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008365:Manometry / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*