Population
25 subjects undergoing elective cardiac catheterization and having normal physiology
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Weak DT-tau correlation cautions against isolated use; supports integrated diastolic models but leaves open prospective validation.
This study provides a model-based, causal explanation linking the isovolumic mechanism of relaxation and the changing-volume mechanism of early rapid filling, validated by simultaneous catheterization and echocardiography.
Chung et al. (2005) studied this question.
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