Influence of acute preload changes on mi
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HervΓ© Quintard; Laurent Muller; Ivan Philip; Pierre Lena; Carole Ichai
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Article
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2012
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Aim. The assessment of diastolic function remains difficult in critical care patients because of unstable preload conditions. Described as fairly insensitive to preload changes, tissue Doppler velocity measurement at the lateral mitral annulus (e 0 lat ) may help evaluate diastolic function. Our aim