Diastolic function imaging: a comparison
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Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan; Jacob A Bender; Jennifer Dickerson; Michael Pennel
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Article
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2012
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BioMed Central
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English
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## Background CMR measurement of mitral inflow velocities for the assessment of diastolic function is often infeasible in patients with dyspnea -patients who may benefit the most -due to their inability to breath-hold. Although real-time phase contrast (RT-PC) imaging may overcome this limitation,