Understanding Diastole
In the past weeks we had guest writer, Michael Owen, share how to assess diastolic dysfunction. He broke down the algorithm that ASE uses to evaluate the presence of dysfunction. The full ASE article is long and intense. Michael did a great job at simplifying the evaluation process. While featuring this Mastering Diastology series we started to receive a lot of questions. We realized that it would be helpful to take a step back and review the basics. All this great information regarding diastolic dysfunction means nothing to us unless we have a basic understanding of the topic and how it relates to our daily use. We are going to go back to the beginning. Let’s talk diastole!