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Left ventricular diastolic function of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy |
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| Authors: | A I Gritsiuk E N Amosova Iu V Panichkin V V Kol'chenko |
| Abstract: | A study of 79 patients with dilatation cardiomyopathy (DCMP), making use of echo- and angiocardiography and catheterization of various heart compartments, has demonstrated considerable changes in left ventricular diastolic properties, common to this condition: reduced pliancy of heart chamber, increased myocardial rigidity and impaired myocardial relaxation. Reduced left ventricular diastolic pliancy is associated with myocardial hypertrophy and impaired relaxation. |
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