Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Ischemic Stroke: Functional and Vascular Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction, developed in relation to myocardial dysfunction and remodeling, is documented in 15%-25% of the population. However, its role in functional recovery and recurrent vascular events after acute ischemic stroke has not been thoroughly investigated.

Methods

In this retrospective observational study, we identified 2,827 ischemic stroke cases with adequate echocardiographic evaluations to assess LV diastolic dysfunction within 1 month after the index stroke. The peak transmitral filling velocity/mean mitral annular velocity during early diastole (E/e') was used to estimate LV diastolic dysfunction. We divided patients into 3 groups according to E/e' as follows: <8, 8-15, and ≥15. Recurrent vascular events and funct

SUBMITTER: Park HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4901948 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature