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Table 2 Examples of cardiac causes of abnormal LVDFP

From: A simplified study of trans-mitral Doppler patterns

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

  1. 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.