Is echocardiographic evaluation of diastolic function useful in determining clinical care? Doppler echocardiography yields dubious estimates of left ventricular diastolic pressures.
Tschöpe
Carsten
C
Institute for Cardiovascular Research VU, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Paulus
Walter J
WJ
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