Objectives
The purpose of this study was to investigate the cause of abnormal left ventricular (LV) Doppler diastolic filling characteristics in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).
Background
In CTEPH, LV diastolic function often appears abnormal. It is unclear whether this “impaired relaxation” (E
Keywords :
PAH , EM , S , d , PAP , RV , LV , left ventricle/ventricular , right ventricle/ventricular , PCWP , pulmonary capillary wedge pressure , pulmonary artery pressure , early diastolic mitral annular velocity , pulmonary arterial hypertension , chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension , CTEPH , PTE , pulmonary thromboendarterectomy , diastolic component of pulmonary venous flow velocity , systolic component of pulmonary venous flow velocity