title: Is echocardiographic evaluation of diastolic function useful in determining clinical care? Doppler echocardiography yields dubious estimates of left ventricular diastolic pressures.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Cardiovascular Research VU, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tschöpe
authors.forename: Walter J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Paulus
mesh_terms: D003971:Diastole; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000592:standards*; D054144:Heart Failure, Diastolic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017725:Ventricular Pressure