Background: Atrial function is an integral ... the age-associated impairment of diastolic filling. This study investigated whether mechanical dysfunction in the left atrium (LA) is present in patients ...

The prevalence of LVH ... Echocardiography, in addition to estimating LVM accurately, also provides information regarding LV geometry, regional wall motion, systolic function, diastolic function ...

presence of normal or mildly abnormal LV systolic function; and 3) evidence of abnormal LV relaxation, filling, diastolic distensibility, or diastolic stiffness (based on echocardiography).

There are four grades of diastolic dysfunction as described below. Echocardiography ... function is the presence of structural heart disease such as left atrial enlargement, left ventricular ...