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Serial changes in left ventricular diastolic indexes derived from Doppler echocardiography after anterior wall acute
1Heart Institute, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|June 15, 1995
Abstract:
Restrictive ventricular filling pattern derived from Doppler echocardiography after anterior wall AMI may serve as an indicator of diastolic dysfunction due to initial myocardial stiffness and complications such as extension of the infarction, Dressler syndrome, septal rupture, or myocardial failure. Later changes, such as prolongation of deceleration time, may indicate remodeling process, healing of the complications of AMI, or improved revascularization.