Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction

What it means

Abnormal function of the left ventricule during left ventricular relaxation and filling.

Diastolic left ventricular disease can cause of limitation of exercise tolerance, whether or not ejection fraction is normal. This feature can be assessed by cardiac imaging.

Rare diseases that can present with this5

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category