Table 1 |
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Doppler echocardiographic pattern in relation to the diagnosis and the grading of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction |
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| Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction |
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| Parameter |
Normal pattern |
Pattern of abnormal relaxation |
Pseudonormal pattern |
Restrictive pattern |
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| E/A |
> 1 |
< 1 |
1–2 |
> 2 |
| Ea (cm/s) |
> 8 |
< 8 |
< 8 |
< 5 |
| E/Ea |
< 8 |
> 16 |
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E/A, ratio of transmitral early filling wave velocity to atrial filling wave velocity; Ea, myocardial early diastolic velocity by tissue Doppler at lateral mitral annulus; E/Ea, ratio of transmitral early diastolic velocity to myocardial early diastolic velocity of lateral mitral annulus by tissue Doppler. |
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Mokart et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R37 doi:10.1186/cc5721 |
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