Assessment of Diastolic Dysfunction: Drugs Could Alter the Results
To the Editor,
We read with great interest the article by El Aouar et al., entitled “Relationship between left atrial volume and diastolic dysfunction in 500 Brazilian patients”, which was published in the previous issue of Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia. The authors aimed to evaluate the relationship between left atrial volume index and different grades of diastolic dysfunction in Brazilian patients submitted to echocardiogram. Although we commend the authors for the detailed and valuable information that they have provided, some comments may be beneficial.
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