Left aTrial Velocity Vector Imaging for the Detection and Quantification of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract

LA strain by VVI is impaired in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and mild or moderate LV DD. LA strain seems of value in distinguishing normal from abnormal diastolic function. VVI offers new information on regional LA function and LA volumes but has too limited discriminative power to detect early LV DD.