Journal of Clinical Medicine Research, ISSN 1918-3003 print, 1918-3011 online, Open Access
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Review

Volume 7, Number 3, March 2015, pages 137-144

Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Hypertension: Methodological Considerations and Clinical Implications

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Pressure/volume loop in LVDD.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Diastolic phases related with changes in pressure (P) and volume (V) during a cardiac cycle. CI: isovolumic contraction; RI: isovolumic relaxation; RF: rapid filling.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Different patterns of LVDD by transmitral flow pattern (upper) and tissue Doppler at mitral annulus level (lower). DDT: diastolic deceleration time, E and e’m: early ventricular filling; A and a’m: atrial contraction.