THE ECHO-DOPPLER EVALUATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION

Doppler Tissue Imaging: A Noninvasive Technique for Evaluation of Left Ventricular Relaxation and Estimation of Filling Pressures

1997 • 2,998 citations

Relation of Left Ventricular Mass and Geometry to Morbidity and Mortality in Uncomplicated Essential Hypertension

1991 • 2,374 citations

Assessment of Mitral Annulus Velocity by Doppler Tissue Imaging in the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function

1997 • 1,573 citations

Relation of transmitral flow velocity patterns to left ventricular diastolic function: New insights from a combined hemodynamic and Doppler echocardiographic study

1988 • 1,571 citations

Congestive heart failure in subjects with normal versus reduced left ventricular ejection fraction

1999 • 1,355 citations

Hemodynamic determinants of the time-course of fall in canine left ventricular pressure.

1976 • 1,078 citations

New Doppler echocardiographic applications for the study of diastolic function

1998 • 1,012 citations

Prevalence, clinical features and prognosis of diastolic heart failure: An epidemiologic perspective

1995 • 901 citations

Estimation of left ventricular filling pressures using two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography in adult patients with cardiac disease

1993 • 776 citations

Assessment of Diastolic Function of the Heart: Background and Current Applications of Doppler Echocardiography. Part II. Clinical Studies

1989 • 764 citations

Exercise intolerance in patients with heart failure and preserved left ventricular systolic function: Failure of the Frank-Starling mechanism

1991 • 685 citations

Preload dependence of doppler-derived indexes of left ventricular diastolic function in humans

1987 • 634 citations

Hypertensive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy of the Elderly

1985 • 634 citations

The noninvasive assessment of left ventricular diastolic function with two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography

1997 • 631 citations

Color Doppler Myocardial Imaging: A New Technique for the Assessment of Myocardial function

1994 • 627 citations

Pulmonary venous flow velocities recorded by transthoracic Doppler ultrasound: Relation to left ventricular diastolic pressures

1993 • 616 citations

Canadian consensus recommendations for the measurement and reporting of diastolic dysfunction by echocardiography

1996 • 604 citations

Noninvasive assessment of pressure drop in mitral stenosis by Doppler ultrasound.

1978 • 538 citations

Determination of parameters of left ventricular diastolic filling with pulsed Doppler echocardiography: comparison with cineangiography.

1985 • 536 citations

Intact systolic left ventricular function in clinical congestive heart failure

1985 • 534 citations

New method for evaluating left ventricular wall motion by color-coded tissue doppler imaging: In vitro and in vivo studies

1995 • 497 citations

Clinical Application of Pulsed Doppler Tissue Imaging for Assessing Abnormal Left Ventricular Relaxation

1997 • 494 citations

Differentiation of constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy: Assessment of left ventricular diastolic velocities in longitudinal axis by doppler tissue imaging

1996 • 485 citations

Left ventricular flow propagation during early filling is related to wall relaxation: A color M-mode Doppler analysis

1992 • 482 citations

An Index of Early Left Ventricular Filling That Combined With Pulsed Doppler Peak E Velocity May Estimate Capillary Wedge Pressure

1997 • 471 citations

Estimation of mean left atrial pressure from transesophageal pulsed Doppler echocardiography of pulmonary venous flow.

1990 • 436 citations

Prognostic value of Doppler transmitral flow patterns in patients with congestive heart failure

1994 • 435 citations

Restrictive left ventricular filling pattern in dilated cardiomyopathy assessed by doppler echocardiography: Clinical, echocardiographic and hemodynamic correlations and prognostic implications

1993 • 435 citations

Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular diastolic function: Comparative analysis of Doppler echocardiographic and radionuclide angiographic techniques

1986 • 435 citations

Color M-mode Doppler flow propagation velocity is a preload insensitive index of left ventricular relaxation: animal and human validation

2000 • 430 citations

Mitral annular descent velocity by tissue Doppler echocardiography as an index of global left ventricular function

1996 • 422 citations

Combined influence of ventricular loading and relaxation on the transmitral flow velocity profile in dogs measured by Doppler echocardiography.

1988 • 416 citations

Left ventricular relaxation and filling pattern in different forms of left ventricular hypertrophy: An echocardiographic study

1980 • 407 citations

Mechanism of hemodynamic improvement by dual-chamber pacing for severe left ventricular dysfunction: An acute Doppler and catheterization hemodynamic study

1995 • 404 citations

Augmentation of atrial contribution to left ventricular inflow with aging as assessed by intracardiac doppler flowmetry

1984 • 397 citations

Doppler-derived mitral deceleration time of early filling as a strong predictor of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in postinfarction patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

1994 • 359 citations

A new approach for evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function: Spatial and temporal analysis of left ventricular filling flow propagation by color M-mode doppler echocardiography

1996 • 357 citations

Influence of alteration in preload on the pattern of left ventricular diastolic filling as assessed by Doppler echocardiography in humans.

1989 • 355 citations

Prognostic significance of Doppler measures of diastolic function in cardiac amyloidosis. A Doppler echocardiography study.

1991 • 350 citations

Transmitral pressure-flow velocity relation. Importance of regional pressure gradients in the left ventricle during diastole.

1988 • 348 citations

Cardiac tamponade and pericardial effusion: Respiratory variation in transvalvular flow velocities studied by Doppler echocardiography

1988 • 332 citations

Transmitral blood flow reflecting diastolic behavior of the left ventricle in health and disease. A study by pulsed Doppler technique.

1982 • 332 citations

Myocardial velocity gradient as a new indicator of regional left ventricular contraction: Detection by a two-dimensional tissue doppler imaging technique

1995 • 329 citations

Determination of Pressure Gradient in Mitral Stenosis with a Non‐invasive Ultrasound Doppler Technique

1976 • 326 citations

A practical guide to assessment of ventricular diastolic function using doppler echocardiography

1996 • 318 citations

Mechanism of altered patterns of left ventricular filling during the development of congestive heart failure.

1994 • 311 citations

Determination of Left Ventricular Chamber Stiffness From the Time for Deceleration of Early Left Ventricular Filling

1995 • 310 citations

Doppler evaluation of left and right ventricular diastolic function: A technical guide for obtaining optimal flow velocity recordings

1997 • 308 citations

Effects of Age on Left Ventricular Dimensions and Filling Dynamics in 117 Normal Persons

1994 • 302 citations

Assessment of mitral annular dynamics during diastole by Doppler tissue imaging: Comparison with mitral Doppler inflow in subjects without heart disease and in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy

1996 • 302 citations

Left ventricular filling in dilated cardiomyopathy: Relation to functional class and memodynamics

1990 • 301 citations

Pulmonary venous flow pattern--its relationship to cardiac dynamics. A pulsed Doppler echocardiographic study.

1985 • 296 citations

Assessment of Diastolic Function of the Heart: Background and Current Applications of Doppler Echocardiography. Part I. Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Features

1989 • 270 citations

Relation of Mean Right Atrial Pressure to Echocardiographic and Doppler Parameters of Right Atrial and Right Ventricular Function

1996 • 267 citations

Doppler Assessment of Pulmonary Venous Flow in Healthy Subjects and in Patients with Heart Disease

1991 • 263 citations

Analysis of left ventricular wall movement during isovolumic relaxation and its relation to coronary artery disease.

1976 • 250 citations

The Natural History of Left Ventricular Filling Abnormalities: Assessment by Two‐Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography

1992 • 249 citations

Losartan improves exercise tolerance in patients with diastolic dysfunction and a hypertensive response to exercise

1999 • 248 citations

Persistence of Restrictive Left Ventricular Filling Pattern in Dilated Cardiomyopathy: An Ominous Prognostic Sign

1997 • 247 citations

Myocardial wall velocity assessment by pulsed Doppler tissue imaging: Characteristic findings in normal subjects

1996 • 241 citations

The Rate of Change of Left Ventricular Volume in Man

1974 • 229 citations

Utility of Preload Alteration in Assessment of Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Doppler Echocardiography: A Simultaneous Catheterization and Doppler Echocardiographic Study

1997 • 229 citations

Clinical evaluation of left ventricular diastolic performance

1990 • 217 citations

Intraventricular early diastolic filling during acute myocardial ischemia, assessment by multigated color m-mode Doppler echocardiography.

1993 • 210 citations

Pulsed Doppler echocardiographic study of left ventricular filling in dilated cardiomyopathy

1986 • 200 citations

Serial Doppler echocardiographic follow-up of left ventricular diastolic function in cardiac amyloidosis

1990 • 182 citations

Loading Manipulations Improve the Prognostic Value of Doppler Evaluation of Mitral Flow in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

1997 • 182 citations

Impaired Rate of Left Ventricular Filling in Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis and Valvular Aortic Stenosis

1968 • 181 citations

Effect of dual-chamber pacing on systolic and diastolic function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Acute doppler echocardiographic and catheterization hemodynamic study

1996 • 180 citations

Use of Valsalva maneuver to unmask left ventricular diastolic function abnormalities by Doppler echocardiography in patients with coronary artery disease or systemic hypertension

1991 • 176 citations

Restrictive Left Ventricular Diastolic Filling Identifies Patients With Heart Failure After Acute Myocardial Infarction

1992 • 170 citations

Regional Mean Systolic Myocardial Velocity Estimation by Real-Time Color Doppler Myocardial Imaging: A New Technique for Quantifying Regional Systolic Function

1998 • 170 citations

Quantitative Evaluation of the Segmental Left Ventricular Response to Dobutamine Stress by Tissue Doppler Echocardiography

1997 • 148 citations

Comprehensive Doppler assessment of right ventricular diastolic function in cardiac amyloidosis

1990 • 146 citations

Dynamic determinants of letf ventricular diastolic pressure-volume relations in man.

1975 • 143 citations

Influence of incremental changes in heart rate on mitral flow velocity: Assessment in lightly sedated, conscious dogs

1991 • 142 citations

Hemodynamic Determinants of Doppler Pulmonary Venous Flow Velocity Components: New Insights From Studies in Lightly Sedated Normal Dogs

1997 • 141 citations

Are contraction and relaxation coupled in patients with and without congestive heart failure

1992 • 138 citations

THE RÔLE PLAYED BY THE VENTRICULAR RELAXATION PROCESS IN FILLING THE VENTRICLE

1930 • 135 citations

The pulmonary venous systolic flow pulse—its origin and relationship to left atrial pressure

1999 • 133 citations

Quantitative Doppler Tissue Imaging for Assessment of Regional Myocardial Velocities During Transient Ischemia and Reperfusion

1996 • 124 citations

Physiological early diastolic intraventricular pressure gradient is lost during acute myocardial ischemia.

1990 • 124 citations

Pulsed Tissue Doppler Imaging of Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Wall Motion Velocities to Evaluate Differences Between Long and Short Axes in Healthy Subjects

1999 • 121 citations

Diastolic Ventricular Function in Children: A Doppler Echocardiographic Study Establishing Normal Values and Predictors of Increased Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure

1998 • 111 citations

Physical and physiological determinants of transmitral velocity: numerical analysis

1991 • 107 citations

Measurement of peak rates of left ventricular wall movement in man. Comparison of echocardiography with angiography.

1975 • 95 citations

Intracavitary filling pattern in the failing left ventricle assessed by color M-mode Doppler echocardiography

1994 • 94 citations

Diastolic mitral and tricuspid regurgitation by Doppler echocardiography in patients with atrioventricular block: New insight into the mechanism of atrioventricular valve closure

1988 • 93 citations

Peak negative myocardial velocity gradient in early diastole as a noninvasive indicator of left ventricular diastolic function

1998 • 93 citations

Regional diastolic mechanics of the left ventricle in the conscious dog

1979 • 91 citations

Dynamic determinants of letf ventricular diastolic pressure-volume relations in man.

1975 • 91 citations

Failure of calcium channel blockers to improve ventricular relaxation in humans

1993 • 89 citations

Changes in Early and Late Diastolic Filling Patterns Induced by Long-term Adrenergic β-Blockade in Patients With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

1996 • 88 citations

Assessment of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure by Doppler echocardiography: Contribution of duration of pulmonary venous versus mitral flow velocity curves at atrial contraction

1997 • 87 citations

Intraventricular flow during isovolumic relaxation: Description and characterization by Doppler echocardiography

1987 • 82 citations

Change of left atrial systolic pressure waveform in relation to left ventricular end-diastolic pressure.

1990 • 82 citations

Doppler echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in mild hypertension.

1987 • 79 citations

Feasibility of obtaining pulmonary venous flow velocity in cardiac patients using transthoracic pulsed wave Doppler technique

1997 • 77 citations

Automated method for characterization of diastolic transmitral Doppler velocity contours: Late atrial filling

1994 • 70 citations

Shortened Doppler-derived mitral A wave deceleration time: An important predictor of elevated left ventricular filling pressure

1996 • 65 citations

Short Deceleration Time of Mitral Inflow E Velocity: Prognostic Implication with Atrial Fibrillation Versus Sinus Rhythm

1998 • 63 citations

Automated method for characterization of diastolic transmitral doppler velocity contours: Early rapid filling

1994 • 61 citations

Detection of left ventricular regional relaxation abnormalities and asynchrony in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with the use of tissue Doppler imaging

2000 • 59 citations

Diastolic mitral regurgitation with atrioventricular conduction abnormalities: Relation of mitral flow velocity to transmitral pressure gradients in conscious dogs

1991 • 55 citations

Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of diastolic function in hypertensive cardiomyopathies.

1993 • 50 citations

Diastolic compliance of the left ventricle in man

1975 • 48 citations

Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure in patients with coronary artery disease

1996 • 43 citations

Relationship of the Third Heart Sound to Transmitral Flow Velocity Deceleration

1995 • 42 citations

Prognostic value of diastolic filling parameters derived using a novel image processing technique in patients ≥70 years of age with congestive heart failure

1999 • 40 citations

Left ventricular chamber stiffness from model-based image processing of transmitral Doppler E-waves

1997 • 40 citations

Transesophageal Echo-Doppler Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Venous Flow Patterns

1991 • 37 citations

Can Transmitral Doppler E-Waves Differentiate Hypertensive Hearts From Normal?

1997 • 36 citations

Invasive evaluation of left ventricular diastolic performance.

1990 • 36 citations

Diastolic function and heart failure: an overview

1990 • 34 citations

[Role of left ventricular relaxation on transmitral flow dynamics during early diastole: pulsed Doppler flowmetry].

1983 • 23 citations

Variation of Flow Propagation Velocity with Age

1998 • 22 citations

Analysis of Mitral Inertance: A Factor Critical for Early Transmitral Filling

1993 • 21 citations

Relationship of the fourth heart sound to atrial systolic transmitral flow deceleration

1997 • 19 citations

Diastolic ventricular function in children: a Doppler echocardiographic study establishing normal values and predictors of increased ventricular end-diastolic pressure.

1998 • 18 citations

The hemodynamic basis of diastology

1999 • 15 citations

A model for the assessment of left ventricular compliance: effect of hypertrophy and infarction

1975 • 13 citations

Semi-automated analysis of color M-mode echocardiographic images for determining transmitral pressure gradients using a simplified Euler equation

2003 • 4 citations

400 Changes in diastolic intraventricular pressure gradients, geometry, and volume with acute postural changes

1999 • 1 citations