Zarich et al [7] (1988) and Papillolec et al [8] (1989) reported that diabetics who had normal ejection fraction had evidence of
diastolic dysfunction in the form of increased A/E ratio.
There are limited treatment options for
diastolic dysfunction and even fewer for diabetes-induced
diastolic dysfunction.
Early (E) and late (A)
diastolic velocities, velocity time integrals and ratios of early and late velocities, velocity time integrals (E/A) as well as isovolumetric relaxation time was determined.
Presently, the ratio of early
diastolic mitral inflow velocity to early
diastolic mitral annulus velocity (E/e' ratio) is used for the evaluation of LV filling pressure, and it has been used as a marker to diagnose
diastolic HF5,6.
Based on these results, we diagnosed both patients with
diastolic heart failure.
It was also fou-nd that uric acid was positively correlated to
diastolic blood pressure with r = 0.
Conclusion: Increase in left atrial volume is directly correlated with severity of
diastolic dysfunction.
Overall, the authors found no significant differences between CPAP and mandibular advancement devices in the associated changes in systolic or
diastolic blood pressure, although they noted that CPAP showed the strongest association with systolic blood pressure reductions.
Measurements of the thickness of the walls of the heart and sizes of its cavities in the systolic and
diastolic phases were performed according to the recommendations of the American Committee of Echocardiography experts.
Tables 2-5 show the percentiles constructed for systolic pressure and
diastolic pressure by gender, height, weight and BMI.
For example, people with no history of high blood pressure in middle age who had high
diastolic blood pressure in old age were 50 percent more likely to have severe brain lesions than people with low
diastolic blood pressure in old age.
Although both systolic and
diastolic blood pressure were assessed at intervals over the years, Dr.
