AbstractAims. Ventricular relaxation creates an intraventricular pressure difference (IVPD) and resultant diastolic suction. Non-invasive estimation by ech

AbstractAims. To establish an imaging-based method to quantify left ventricular (LV) diastolic pressures.Methods and results. In 115 patients suspected of

Animations will still be in *.GIF format, so they will run on web browsers, and can be embedded in presentations. Pictures and animations are still free to use, with due credit. Strain and strain rate are the concepts of myocardial deformation. My basic views are still that

In the physiological aspects, as these were largely overlapping anyway.There will be discussions of validity on composite measures, these will be based almost solely on physiological principles.