Title: Comparative characterization of Doppler echocardiography for detection of diastolic function in asthma patients
Abstract: Diastolic dysfunction of both right and left heart could not be diagnosed using usual Doppler echocardiography in early#stage bronchial asthma. Recently a new more sensitive method of tissue Doppler echocardiography is available which allows detection of right and left heart diastolic dysfunction in mild asthma patients whereas spectral Doppler echocardiography reveals these disorders in moderate and severe asthma.