Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
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2012
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Abstract
Background: Although percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an excellent therapy for coronary
artery disease, there is a paucity of information on the efficacy of PCI in improving diastolic
function, especially in Bangladesh. Because of the high prevalence of left ventricular diastolic
dysfunction in coronary artery disease patients and its probable progression to heart failure, an
evaluation of the role of PCI in improving diastolic function is required. Objective of the study was
to evaluate the impact of percutaneous coronary intervention on left ventricular diastolic dysfunction
by Doppler echocardiography in patients with coronary artery disease.
Methods: One hundred patients scheduled for elective PCI were enrolled in this study whose left
ventricular systolic ejection fraction was normal or only mildly abnormal. Before PCI and 48 hours
after PCI, echocardiography was done to evaluate the indices of LV diastolic function in these
patients.
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Diastolic function, Percutaneous coronary intervention
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Mandal A K, Chowdhury A H K, Choudhury A K, Islam A K M Monwarul, Guha B. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Cardiovascular Journal. 2012; 4(2): 127-131.