[Analysis of left ventricular diastolic function using magnetic resonance imaging].
Heart failure is not always due to an alteration in systolic function, and a diastolic dysfunction could explain many cases of heart failure with a normal systolic function. Diastolic function depends on the left ventricular filling capacity to ensure a normal stroke volume. It is routinely measured with transthoracic echocardiography, as it is an easily accessible non-invasive test. The MRI, using flow sequences, shows good agreement with the echocardiography, analysing the diastolic function in a practical way, by the flow into the mitral valve and pulmonary veins. In this sense, the analysis of diastolic function should be added as part of a routine cardiac MR examination.
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D003971:Diastole; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left