...Pietro Vincenzo Fragola; Leonardo Caló; Mario Luzi; Antonio Mammarella; Giovanni Antonini We utilized Doppler echocardiography to characterize left ventricular diastolic function in 42 patients with myotonic dystrophy (mean age 37 ± 12 years, 64% male) who had no symptoms of heart failure and had...

... ventricular end-diastolic dimension had decreased early peak diastolic filling. We conclude that patients with PSS have deterioration of left ventricular diastolic function, and the diastolic function is severely disturbed in patients with left ventricular wall thickening out of proportion to left ventricular...

... Patients during Dynamic Exercise G. Jermendya, S. Kho6r'A, M.Z. Koltaib, G. Pogatsab aIstvdn City Hospital, Merinyi Medical Department, and National Institute o f Cardiology, Research Department. Budapest, Hungary Key Words. Left ventricular diastolic function Dynamic exercise Diabetes mellitus...

.../0756-0431$2.75/0 Noninvasive Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Pulsed Doppler Echocardiography in Young Alcoholics Karl Silberbauer, M ax Juhasz, Gerald Ohrenberger, Christian Hess Department of Medicine, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Eisenstadt. Austria Key Words. Left...