Analysis was performed using MASS and FLOW (Medis) to quantify LV ejection fraction and flow velocities in early diastole (early filling phase [E]) and at atrial contraction (atrial filling phase [A], E/A ratio, and E deceleration).
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They started arriving early, filling first the streets and then the stands hours before kickoff, not just savoring the occasion, but getting their bearings, too.
Results: After birth, the early velocity, early integral, early filling fraction, early and atrial velocity ratios, and early and atrial integral ratios were lower in the preterm than in the term infants (P <.01).
Early filling of the IVC may be seen after i.v. contrast medium administration (Fig. 1).
During early filling, the septum (arrow) bows into the left ventricle and regains a normal appearance (arrowhead) at the end of diastolic filling.
Conventionally, diastole can be divided into four phases: isovolumetric relaxation, left ventricle (LV) rapid early filling, diastasis and LV late filling or atrial contraction [9].
Impaired early filling observed in the present study indicates greater myocardial stiffness.
E wave = early filling velocity wave; E' = early diastolic wave; LV = left ventricular; TDI = tissue Doppler imaging.
Together these pathological changes suggest early filling of the venous system resulting in increased venous pressure, BBB breakdown and hemorrhage.
Additionally, continuity found between larger non-exchange vessels is consistent with shunting and early filling of the venous system found on inspection of whole brain.
