.... Correspondence: Dr Tudor C. Poerner (e-mail poerner@t-online.de ). 12 5 2003 24 11 2003 12 12 2003 12 12 2003 © 2004 The Biochemical Society 2004 diastolic function impaired relaxation left ventricular filling pressures tissue Doppler imaging Clinical Science (2004) 106...

.... An increase in heart rate reduces E a , but increases A a . Correspondence: Dr Sherif F. Nagueh (e-mail sherifn@bcm.tmc.edu ). 11 6 2003 4 8 2003 11 9 2003 11 9 2003 © 2004 The Biochemical Society 2004 diastolic function ischaemia systolic function tachycardia...

... relaxation, namely tissue Doppler imaging of the mitral annulus and the flow propagation velocity by colour M-mode, and the importance of the study by Graham et al. in this issue of Clinical Science are discussed. diastolic function early diastole echocardiography long-axis function mitral annulus...

...-independent indices of diastolic function. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of preload reduction by haemodialysis on these new echocardiographic indices and to assess the relationship between these indices. The study group comprised 17 patients with chronic renal failure in sinus...

... or ischaemic heart disease can be considered responsible for the abnormal diastolic function of the left ventricle, 17 young patients with uncomplicated insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and 12 control subjects were exposed to a cold pressor test. 2. Blinded echo-Doppler examination was performed before...

...Robert I. Cargill; David G. Kiely; Brian J. Lipworth 1. Abnormalities of myocardial relaxation may occur as a consequence of myocyte hypoxia. We have therefore examined the effects of hypoxaemia on right and left ventricular diastolic function in 10 healthy male subjects. 2. After resting to reach...