Abstract
The measurement and significance of ventricular contractile function forms the basis for understanding cardiac performance under normal conditions and of abnormalities of the heart that can lead to pump failure. Only recently has the importance of ventricular function in diastole to overall cardiac performance been described. To date, investigations of the influence of anesthetic agents on diastolic function are few.
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Warltier, D.C. (1996). Ventricular Function. In: Stanley, T.H., Bailey, P.L. (eds) Anesthesiology and the Cardiovascular Patient. Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1622-7_4
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