Diastolic function: the influence of pneumoperitoneum and Trendelenburg positioning during laparoscopic hysterectomy

Abstract

We have found that pneumoperitoneum has important effects on left ventricular volumes, causing a drop in left ventricular end-diastolic volume; it also affects diastolic function with a delay in deceleration time and isovolumetric relaxation time without any effects on intracavitary pressures.