Table 2

Examples of cardiac causes of abnormal LVDFP

Normal systolic function
     R Pattern
          Hypertension
          Ischaemia
          Diabetes
          Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
     C Pattern
          Pericardial disease
          Restrictive cardiomyopathy
     RC Pattern
          Hypertension with amyloidosis

Abnormal systolic function
     Patterns to the right of '0'
          Ischaemia
          Dilated cardiomyopathy
          Myocarditis etc

Table shows the commonly encountered examples of cardiac causes of abnormal LVDFP. The list is not exhaustive. Any cardiac condition could cause abnormal LVDFP when it is significant enough to affect Doppler. For example, right sided pathologies would affect LVDFP.

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