Evaluation of diastole in an obese young woman: mitral valve inflow Doppler vs. mitral annular tissue Doppler imaging.
TDI adds to and clarifies the information on diastolic function provided by mitral valve inflow Doppler and thus is a useful echocardiographic tool for the evaluation of cardiac function, particularly in obese patients.
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Troy A
TA
Haider
Linda R
LR
Peterson
D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D003971:Diastole; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*