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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2013 Apr 13;6(4):623–639. doi: 10.1007/s12265-013-9461-4

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

The determinants of ventricular inflow patterns and diastolic filling include factors intrinsic and extrinsic to the right and left ventricles. The new diastolic function paradigm (right panels) complements and acts in parallel with the traditional one (left): changes in RV/LV size, diastolic myocardial dynamics, and wall motion patterns cause concomitant alterations in the magnitude of the convective deceleration load (CDL) and the properties of the diastolic vortex, which affect inflow patterns and ventricular filling. A=atrial; V=ventricular; P=pressure; t=time; DVAD=diastolic ventriculoannular disproportion; Grad=P gradient. (Adapted from Pasipoularides [1], by permission of PMPH-USA.)