Why the study?
Do Doppler echocardiographic indices of left ventricular diastolic function correlate with exercise capacity in patients with mild cardiac dysfunction after myocardial infarction?
Population
44 patients with myocardial infarction 6 to 12 months prior, mean age 60.1, 31 men. Key inclusion: stable on…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Diastolic indices associate with exercise capacity post-MI unlike LVEF; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before any clinical use.
Do Doppler echocardiographic indices of left ventricular diastolic function correlate with exercise capacity in patients with mild cardiac dysfunction after myocardial infarction?
Doppler echocardiographic indices of left ventricular diastolic function, but not systolic function, significantly correlate with exercise capacity in patients with mild cardiac dysfunction after myocardial infarction.
Sakate et al. (2001) studied this question.