Intraoperative assessment of left-ventricular diastolic function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: relationship between pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and peak longitudinal strain rate during isovolumetric relaxation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836–W. Wellington Ave. Suite 4815, Chicago, IL, 60657, USA;2. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA