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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
Left ventricular diastolic pressure was evaluated in 15 patients with mitral stenosis and 16 patients with no significant heart disease to determine if a stenotic mitral valve can cause the left ventricle to produce a negative diastolic pressure, indicative of ventricular diastolic suction. The minimal level of diastolic pressure in patients with mitral stenosis ranged between 6 and -7 mm Hg; in normal subjects it did not fall below 0. The average value of minimal diastolic pressure in patients with mitral stenosis (-2 +/- 1 mm Hg [mean +/- standard error of the mean]) was significantly lower than in patients without significant heart disease (5 +/- 1 mm Hg) (p less than 0.001). These observations indicate that the human left ventricle, in the presence of mitral stenosis, can generate a negative diastolic pressure. The presence of a negative diastolic pressure in patients with mitral stenosis suggests that the dynamics of the ventricle during diastole may contribute to the filling process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
562-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Negative intraventricular diastolic pressure in patients with mitral stenosis: evidence of left ventricular diastolic suction.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.