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Diastolic dysfunction: improved understanding using emerging imaging techniques.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20826245     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Diastolic heart failure is increasing in prevalence. Although the pathophysiology is incompletely understood and current therapeutic strategies are limited, identification of diastolic dysfunction is important. We review the role of contemporary techniques with echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) in the assessment of diastolic dysfunction. Cardiac catheterization is the criterion standard for demonstrating impaired relaxation and filling by making direct measurements; however, echocardiography has replaced it as the most clinically used tool. By evaluating mitral inflow pulsed-wave Doppler with and without the Valsalva maneuver, isovolumetric relaxation time, pulmonary venous flow Doppler, color M-mode velocity propagation, tissue Doppler imaging, and speckle tracking, echocardiography is considered an accurate method for diagnosis and grading diastolic dysfunction. Evaluation of diastolic function can also be performed by CMRI. Mitral valve inflow velocities, early deceleration time, and pulmonary vein flow velocities are diastolic parameters that can be measured by phase-contrast CMRI. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging steady-state gradient echo can evaluate functional dimensions for time-volume curves; and myocardial tagging can assess ventricular diastolic "untwisting," which may be important for improved pathophysiologic understanding. Studies have compared echocardiography and CMRI for diagnosing diastolic dysfunction in small patient groups with similar results. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can now provide clinically relevant data regarding the underlying cause of diastolic dysfunction and offers promise to gain mechanistic insights for therapeutic strategy development and clinical trial planning.
Authors:
Daniel Daneshvar; Janet Wei; Kirsten Tolstrup; Louise E J Thomson; Chrisandra Shufelt; C Noel Bairey Merz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American heart journal     Volume:  160     ISSN:  1097-6744     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. Heart J.     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-09     Completed Date:  2010-11-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370465     Medline TA:  Am Heart J     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  394-404     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Copyright Information:
2010 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aging / physiology
Echocardiography / methods
Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed*
Heart Catheterization
Heart Failure, Diastolic / diagnosis*,  physiopathology,  ultrasonography*
Humans
Image Enhancement
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine* / methods
Mitral Valve / physiopathology,  ultrasonography
Pulmonary Circulation / physiology
Stroke Volume / physiology
Valsalva Maneuver / physiology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
Ventricular Pressure / physiology

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