Diastolic Dysfunction and Severity of Cirrhosis in Nonalcoholic Cirrhotic Patients

Table 1

Diastolic dysfunction grades.

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Grade 1: abnormal relaxation

 E/A < 0.8

 DT > 280 m·sec

 E/Ea < 8

Grade 2: pseudonormalization

 E/A = 1–1.5

 DT = 160–240 m·sec

 Ea < 7 cm/sec

Grades: 3 and 4

 E/A > 2

 E/Ea > 15

 DT < 160 m·sec

 Ea < 7 cm/sec

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E/A: the velocity of the diastolic early filling wave (E) divided by the velocity of the late or atrial filling wave (A).
DT: deceleration time; Ea: early filling wave.