Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography

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Abstract

The American Society of Echocardiography is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.The American Society of Echocardiography designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.ARDMS and CCI recognize ASE's certificates and have agreed to honor the credit hours toward their registry requirements for sonographers.The American Society of Echocardiography is committed to resolving all conflict of interest issues, and its mandate is to retain only those speakers with financial interests that can be reconciled with the goals and educational integrity of the educational program.Disclosure of faculty and commercial support sponsor relationships, if any, have been indicated. Target Audience:This activity is designed for all cardiovascular physicians, cardiac sonographers, cardiovascular anesthesiologists, and cardiology fellows.Objectives: Upon completing this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Describe the hemodynamic determinants and clinical application of mitral inflow velocities.2. Recognize the hemodynamic determinants and clinical application of pulmonary venous flow velocities.3. Identify the clinical application and limitations of early diastolic flow propagation velocity.4. Assess the hemodynamic determinants and clinical application of mitral annulus tissue Doppler velocities. 5. Use echocardiographic methods to estimate left ventricular filling pressures in patients with normal and depressed EF, and to grade the severity of diastolic dysfunction.