Diastole

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure. 
  • A fully automated method for late ventricular diastole frame selection in post-dive echocardiography without ECG gating. 
  • Abnormal left ventricular diastolic filling in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: true diastolic dysfunction or left ventricular underfilling? 
  • Abnormal left ventricular filling after neonatal repair of congenital heart disease: association with increased mortality and morbidity. 
  • Adenosine A(3)-receptor stimulation attenuates postischemic dysfunction through K(ATP) channels. 
  • Alterations in diastolic function in response to progressive left ventricular hypertrophy. 
  • Alterations in left ventricular diastolic function in conscious dogs with pacing-induced heart failure. 
  • An upper limit for the electrogenic Na-K pump contribution to maximum diastolic potential in feline cardiac Purkinje fibers in steady state. 
  • Analysis of the components of CHD risk in the Framingham study: new multivariate procedures for the analysis of chronic disease development. 
  • Angiotensin II blockade followed by growth hormone as adjunctive therapy after experimental myocardial infarction. 
  • Angiotensinogen genotype and blood pressure response in the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) study. 
  • Arterial diastolic pressure augmentation by intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation enhances the onset of coronary artery reperfusion by thrombolytic therapy. 
  • Assessment of Diastolic Function Using Ultrasound Elastography. 
  • Assessment of the Frank-Starling relationship by two-dimensional echocardiography. 
  • Association Between Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability in Early Adulthood and Myocardial Structure and Function in Later Life. 
  • Association of Central Adiposity With Adverse Cardiac Mechanics: Findings From the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network Study. 
  • Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Nighttime Blood Pressure in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. 
  • Association of left ventricular diastolic function with coronary artery calcium score: A Project Baseline Health Study. 
  • Association of serum triiodothyronine with B-type natriuretic peptide and severe left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. 
  • Atrial natriuretic peptides increase calcitonin gene-related peptide within human circulation. 
  • Biases in the measurement of arterial pressure. 
  • Caffeine raises blood pressure at work. 
  • Cardiac mechanics: basic and clinical contemporary research. 
  • Cardiac micro-computed tomography for morphological and functional phenotyping of muscle LIM protein null mice. 
  • Cardiovascular Risk of Isolated Systolic or Diastolic Hypertension in Young Adults. 
  • Cardiovascular function in normotensive offspring of persons with essential hypertension and black race. 
  • Cataloguing the geometry of the human coronary arteries: a potential tool for predicting risk of coronary artery disease. 
  • Cellular and functional defects in a mouse model of heart failure. 
  • Cellular cardiomyoplasty improves diastolic properties of injured heart. 
  • Changes in diastolic cardiac function in developing and stable perinephritic hypertension in conscious dogs. 
  • Changes in left ventricular diastolic performance after aortic balloon valvuloplasty: acute and late effects. 
  • Changes in systolic and diastolic function during multivessel off-pump coronary bypass grafting. 
  • Changing diastolic closure rates (E to F slopes) in a patient with mitral stenosis: a case report. 
  • Children in South Asia have higher body mass-adjusted blood pressure levels than white children in the United States: a comparative study. 
  • Cigarette smoking blocks caffeine-induced arousal. 
  • Citius, altius, fortius (the Olympic motto: swifter, higher, stronger). 
  • Clinical assessment of diastolic function. 
  • Clinical outcomes according to baseline blood pressure in patients with a low ejection fraction in the CHARM (Candesartan in Heart Failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity) Program. 
  • Community based lifestyle intervention for blood pressure reduction in children and young adults in developing country: cluster randomised controlled trial. 
  • Comparison of benefits on myocardial performance of cellular cardiomyoplasty with skeletal myoblasts and fibroblasts. 
  • Comparison of echocardiographic and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging measurements of functional single ventricular volumes, mass, and ejection fraction (from the Pediatric Heart Network Fontan Cross-Sectional Study). 
  • Comparison of echocardiographic measurements to invasive measurements of diastolic function in infants with single ventricle physiology: a report from the Pediatric Heart Network Infant Single Ventricle Trial. 
  • Core lab analysis of baseline echocardiographic studies in the STICH trial and recommendation for use of echocardiography in future clinical trials. 
  • Coronary input impedance is constant during systole and diastole. 
  • Correlates of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in men 40 to 59 years of age sampled from United States of America and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Lipid Research Clinics populations. 
  • Cumulative deficits and physiological indices as predictors of mortality and long life. 
  • Decreased expression of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 in stunned myocardium. 
  • Determinants of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diastolic Dysfunction in an HIV Clinical Cohort. 
  • Developing therapies for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: current state and future directions. 
  • Diastolic Function in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The Overlooked Prognosticator? 
  • Diastolic anisotropic properties of the left ventricle in the conscious dog. 
  • Diastolic coronary resistance and capacitance are independent of the duration of diastole. 
  • Diastolic dysfunction is an independent risk factor for death in patients with sickle cell disease. 
  • Diastolic dysfunction: old dog, new tricks. 
  • Diastolic filling vortex forces and cardiac adaptations: probing the epigenetic nexus. 
  • Diastolic heart failure and continuous hemodynamic monitoring. 
  • Diastolic right ventricular filling vortex in normal and volume overload states. 
  • Diastolic wall strain: a simple marker of abnormal cardiac mechanics. 
  • Differences in Eccentricity Index and Systolic-Diastolic Ratio in Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia at Risk of Pulmonary Hypertension. 
  • Differences in night-time and daytime ambulatory blood pressure when diurnal periods are defined by self-report, fixed-times, and actigraphy: Improving the Detection of Hypertension study. 
  • Different effects of two types of ischemia on myocardial systolic and diastolic function. 
  • Diminished aortic excursion in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Dissociation between global and regional systolic and diastolic ventricular function during coronary occlusion and reperfusion. 
  • Does initial shunt type for the Norwood procedure affect echocardiographic measures of cardiac size and function during infancy?: the Single Vventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Doppler sonography in the evaluation of corporovenous competence after penile vein ligation surgery. 
  • Dosing of beta-blocker therapy before, during, and after hospitalization for heart failure (from Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure). 
  • Dynamic denitrosylation via S-nitrosoglutathione reductase regulates cardiovascular function. 
  • Effect of acute standing and prolonged upright activity on left ventricular hemodynamics, systolic and diastolic intervals, and QT-QS2 relationship. 
  • Effects of anaesthesia and recent surgery on diastolic function. 
  • Effects of antihypertensive therapy on cardiovascular response to exercise. 
  • Effects of beta-blockade and exercise on cardiovascular and cognitive functioning. 
  • Effects of cardiac glycosides on myocardial function and energetics in conscious dogs. 
  • Effects of exercise and weight loss on mental stress-induced cardiovascular responses in individuals with high blood pressure. 
  • Effects of propranolol on cardiovascular and neuroendocrine responses to mental arithmetic in type A men. 
  • Electroporation and shock-induced transmembrane potential in a cardiac fiber during defibrillation strength shocks. 
  • Encircling endocardial ventriculotomy for refractory ischemic ventricular tachycardia. III. Effects on regional left ventricular function. 
  • Enhanced cardiac function in transgenic mice expressing a Ca(2+)-stimulated adenylyl cyclase. 
  • Enhanced effect of combining human cardiac stem cells and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to reduce infarct size and to restore cardiac function after myocardial infarction. 
  • Enhanced left ventricular diastolic filling associated with long-term endurance training. 
  • Essential role of Smad3 in infarct healing and in the pathogenesis of cardiac remodeling. 
  • Ethnic subgroup differences in hypertension in Pakistan. 
  • Evaluation of Right Ventricular Myocardial Mechanics Using Velocity Vector Imaging of Cardiac MRI Cine Images in Transposition of the Great Arteries Following Atrial and Arterial Switch Operations. 
  • Evaluation of right and left ventricular diastolic filling. 
  • Fluid dynamics of ventricular filling in heart failure: overlooked problems of RV/LV chamber dilatation. 
  • Functional consequences of the right ventricular isolation procedure. 
  • Habitual anger-coping styles: I. Effect on mean blood pressure and risk for essential hypertension. 
  • Heart failure and the elderly: disease diversity, data, and delivery of care. 
  • Heart size-independent analysis of myocardial function in murine pressure overload hypertrophy. 
  • High stress responsivity predicts later blood pressure only in combination with positive family history and high life stress. 
  • High-sensitivity C-reactive protein and parameters of left ventricular dysfunction. 
  • Household responsibilities, income, and ambulatory blood pressure among working men and women. 
  • Hypertrophic remodeling: gender differences in the early response to left ventricular pressure overload. 
  • Impact of Udenafil on Echocardiographic Indices of Single Ventricle Size and Function in FUEL Study Participants. 
  • Importance of an intact growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor 1 axis for normal post-infarction healing: studies in dwarf rats. 
  • In-hospital outcomes after bariatric surgery in patients with heart failure. 
  • Influence of buffers on dV/dtmax recovery kinetics with lidocaine in myocardium. 
  • Intracardiac angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition improves diastolic function in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy due to aortic stenosis. 
  • Intracellular potassium activity in rabbit sinoatrial node. Evaluation during spontaneous activity and arrest. 
  • Intravenous allopurinol decreases myocardial oxygen consumption and increases mechanical efficiency in dogs with pacing-induced heart failure. 
  • LV twisting and untwisting in HCM: ejection begets filling. Diastolic functional aspects of HCM. 
  • Lack of Association Between Anemia and Intrinsic Left Ventricular Diastolic Function or Cardiac Mechanics in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. 
  • Left ventricular adaptation to aortic regurgitation in conscious dogs. 
  • Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and exercise intolerance in obese heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. 
  • Left ventricular filling and ventricular diastolic performance after percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy. 
  • Left ventricular mass and diastolic filling patterns in quadriplegia and implications for effects of normal aging on the heart. 
  • Left ventricular volumes and function in the embryonic mouse heart. 
  • Long-term healthcare and cost outcomes of disease management in a large, randomized, community-based population with heart failure. 
  • Longitudinal Shortening of the Left Ventricle by Cine-CMR for Assessment of Diastolic Function in Patients with Aortic Valve Disease. 
  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies common variants associated with blood pressure variation in east Asians. 
  • Mitral flow propagation velocity identifies patients with abnormal diastolic function during coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Modified INOvent for delivery of inhaled nitric oxide during cardiac MRI. 
  • Mortality after myocardial infarction: the role of renal function and systolic and diastolic functions of the left ventricle. 
  • Myocardial cell hypertrophy after myocardial infarction with reperfusion in dogs. 
  • Myocardial injury and ventricular dysfunction related to training levels among nonelite participants in the Boston marathon. 
  • Myocardial relaxation and passive diastolic properties in man. 
  • New insights into diastolic heart failure: role of diabetes mellitus. 
  • Nonfatal myocardial infarction in medically treated patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Nonstenotic internal carotid arteries: effects of age and blood pressure at the time of scanning on Doppler US velocity measurements. 
  • Pathophysiology of cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. 
  • Perioperative Diastolic Dysfunction: A Comprehensive Approach to Assessment by Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Persistent diastolic dysfunction despite complete systolic functional recovery after reperfused acute myocardial infarction demonstrated by tagged magnetic resonance imaging. 
  • Pharmacological strategies for improving diastolic dysfunction in the setting of chronic pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Posttransplant diastolic hypertension: associations with intragraft transforming growth factor-beta, endothelin, and renin transcription. 
  • Predictors and Changes in Cardiac Hemodynamics and Geometry With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. 
  • Prevalence of regional myocardial thinning and relationship with myocardial scarring in patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Prevalence of symptomatic diastolic heart failure in patients hospitalized with cerebral or peripheral vascular disease. 
  • Pulse Pressure and the Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease Among Chinese Adults in Singapore: The Singapore Chinese Health Study. 
  • RV instantaneous intraventricular diastolic pressure and velocity distributions in normal and volume overload awake dog disease models. 
  • Rapid measurements of diastolic intramyocardial vascular volume. 
  • Recommendations regarding quantitation in M-mode echocardiography: results of a survey of echocardiographic measurements. 
  • Reflection after delayed excitation in a computer model of a single fiber. 
  • Relation between reversal of diastolic creep and recovery of systolic function after ischemic myocardial injury in conscious dogs. 
  • Relation of anemia to diastolic heart failure and the effect on outcome. 
  • Relationship between accurate auscultation of a clinically useful third heart sound and level of experience. 
  • Relationship of LV compliance to coronary artery perfusion pressure in potassium-arrested canine heart during cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • Renal Dysfunction in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Insights From the RELAX Trial. 
  • Resting ventricular-vascular function and exercise capacity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a RELAX trial ancillary study. 
  • Restrictive left ventricular filling patterns in very old patients with congestive heart failure: clinical correlates and prognostic significance. 
  • Right and left ventricular diastolic flow field: why are measured intraventricular pressure gradients small? 
  • Right and left ventricular diastolic pressure-volume relations: a comprehensive review. 
  • Right ventricular diastolic function in canine models of pressure overload, volume overload, and ischemia. 
  • Right ventricular diastolic relaxation in conscious dog models of pressure overload, volume overload, and ischemia. 
  • Right ventricular dysfunction in the brain-dead heart-beating organ donor. 
  • Right ventricular volumes are rarely right and are right hard to do. 
  • Role of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Glucose Tolerance, Insulin Resistance, and Cardiac Diastolic Dysfunction. 
  • SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for the assessment of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony. 
  • Serial echocardiographic-Doppler assessment of left ventricular geometry and function in rats with pressure-overload hypertrophy. Chronic angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition attenuates the transition to heart failure. 
  • Serum insulin-like growth factor-1 and its binding protein-7: potential novel biomarkers for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. 
  • Sex differences in heart mitochondria regulate diastolic dysfunction. 
  • Social support, stress, and blood pressure in black adults. 
  • Suppression of Tumorigenicity 2 in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. 
  • Surgically implanted aortic valve bioprostheses deform after implantation: insights from computed tomography. 
  • The DASH diet enhances the blood pressure response to losartan in hypertensive patients. 
  • The Prognostic Value of Diastolic and Systolic Mechanical Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony Among Patients With Coronary Heart Disease. 
  • The diastolic pulmonary gradient does not predict survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease. 
  • The effect of PEEP on left ventricular diastolic dimensions and systolic performance following myocardial revascularization. 
  • The effect of acute coronary perfusion change on cardiac function measured by Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging. 
  • The effect of dietary patterns on blood pressure control in hypertensive patients: results from the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) trial. 
  • The left atrium: a biomarker of chronic diastolic dysfunction and cardiovascular disease risk. 
  • The mechanism of halothane-induced myocardial depression. Altered diastolic mechanics versus impaired contractility. 
  • The relationship of transmural myocardial blood flow to midwall function. 
  • The restitution portrait: a new method for investigating rate-dependent restitution. 
  • Time, now, to recover the fun in the physical examination rather than abandon it. 
  • To the editor: functional imaging(FI) combines imaging datasets and computational fluid dynamics to simulate cardiac flows. 
  • Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in heart failure impacts cardiac remodeling: Insights from the CAT-HF Trial. 
  • Usefulness of Myocardial Annular Velocity Change During Mental Stress to Predict Cardiovascular Outcome in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease (From the Responses of Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia to Escitalopram Treatment Trial). 
  • Utility of a simple algorithm to grade diastolic dysfunction and predict outcome after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Utility of diastolic dyssynchrony in the setting of cardiac resynchronization therapy. 
  • Validation of the HEM-780REL with easy wrap cuff for self-measurement of blood pressure according to the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol. 
  • Variability of Doppler US measurements along the common carotid artery: effects on estimates of internal carotid arterial stenosis in patients with angiographically proved disease. 
  • Variant R94C in TNNT2-Encoded Troponin T Predisposes to Pediatric Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Death Through Impaired Thin Filament Relaxation Resulting in Myocardial Diastolic Dysfunction. 
  • Variations in common carotid artery intima-media thickness during the cardiac cycle: implications for cardiovascular risk assessment. 
  • Ventricular expression of a MLC-2v-ras fusion gene induces cardiac hypertrophy and selective diastolic dysfunction in transgenic mice. 
  • Visit-to-visit variability of blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with stable coronary heart disease. Insights from the STABILITY trial. 
  • Vortex formation time is not an index of ventricular function. 
  • pKa does not predict pH potentiation of sodium channel blockade by lidocaine and W6211 in guinea pig ventricular myocardium. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Laskowitz, Daniel Todd, Professor of Neurology, Duke Science & Society
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Swaminathan, Madhav, Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic