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The Left Ventricle

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The study of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function and kinetics is crucial in the emergency department and the ICU. The echographic examination, together with continuous wave Doppler and pulsed wave Doppler assessment of flow, color flow mapping, and tissue Doppler imaging, is able to assess not only morphological data, but also standard measures of global systolic function (longitudinal and fractional area change, ejection fraction) and ventricular wall kinetics. Diastolic function can be assessed as well, by studying all the diastolic phases.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Florence, Italy

    Armando Sarti & Claudio Poli

  2. Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, Ospedale Civile di Guastalla (Reggio Emilia), AUSL Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Silvia Marchiani

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Correspondence to Armando Sarti .

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  1. Ospedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reparto di Terapia Intensiva, Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze, Piazza S.Maria Nuova 1, Firenze, 50123, Italy

    Armando Sarti

  2. , Dipartimento di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Az. Osp. Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Via Delle Cave 31/c, Bergamo, 24127, Italy

    F. Luca Lorini

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Sarti, A., Poli, C., Marchiani, S. (2013). The Left Ventricle. In: Sarti, A., Lorini, F. (eds) Echocardiography for Intensivists. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2583-7_6

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