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Diastolic Ventricular Function in Primary and Secondary Hypertrophy: The Influence of Verapamil

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Left ventricular diastolic function is of clinical importance [1], because disturbed relaxation results in impaired left ventricular filling and an increase of left ventricular filling pressure with breathlessness during exercise or at rest. Although hypertrophy in highly trained athletes does not appear to be accompanied by abnormalities of systolic or diastolic function as evaluated from the end-diastolic pulmonary artery pressure [2], patients with left ventricular hypertrophy due to pressure overload or primary myocardial disease usually manifest increased filling pressure and, depending on the degree of their disease, may exhibit clinical signs of left heart failure.

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  1. Harvard Medical School, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    William Grossman M.D. (Herman Dana Professor of Medicine, Chief) (Herman Dana Professor of Medicine, Chief)

  2. Harvard Medical School, Hemodynamic Research Laboratory, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Beverly H. Lorell M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Co-Director) (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Co-Director)

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Bleifeld, W.H. (1987). Diastolic Ventricular Function in Primary and Secondary Hypertrophy: The Influence of Verapamil. In: Grossman, W., Lorell, B.H. (eds) Diastolic Relaxation of the Heart. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6832-2_26

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