Conduit Flow Compensates for Impaired Left Atrial Passive and Booster Functions in Advanced Diastolic Dysfunction.
Doron AronsonHend SlimanSobhi AbadiIda MaiorovDaniel PerlowDiab MutlakJonathan LessickPublished in: Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging (2024)
An increase in conduit volume contribution to stroke volume represents a compensatory mechanism to maintain LV filling in advanced diastolic dysfunction. The increase in conduit volume despite increasing LV diastolic pressures is accomplished by an increase in pulmonary venous pressure.