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Factors contributing to energy loss in left ventricle during diastolic and systolic phases in elderly patients.

Shutaro FutamiJoji IshikawaTeppei MaedaMasuyo KawanoChieko SakurayamaKazumasa Harada
Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2020)
Peak EL in the LV was higher during diastolic phase than systolic phase among elderly hypertensive patients. Peak EL both during late-diastolic phase and systolic phase was affected by systolic blood flow in LVOT and LV transmitral flow pattern.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • left ventricular
  • hypertensive patients
  • blood flow
  • heart failure
  • mitral valve
  • ejection fraction
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension