Echocardiographic study of left ventricular diastolic function in patients with chronic right ventricular enlargements

ABSTRACT

To determine whether abnormalities in left ventricular geometry due to right ventricular enlargement result in abnormalities in left ventricular diastolic filling pattern, the pulsed Doppler transmitral recording was obtained from 13 patients with right ventricular dilatation and right ventricular systolic pressure estimated to be <40 mmHg [group I], 22 patients with right ventricular dilatation and right ventricular systolic pressure >/40 mmHg [group II] and 8 normal subjects served as control group. Results were discussed in detail