Diastolic function assessment in clinical practice: The value of 2-dimensional echocardiography

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that diastolic dysfunction associated with increased filling pressures is unlikely in a structurally normal heart and to assess whether 2-dimensional echocardiography can facilitate diastolic function grading in a clinical setting.Consecutive patients referred for transthoracic echocardiography received a comprehensive Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of diastolic function and measurements of...