TY - BOOK AU - Mona Ahmed Sayed Atteya Gabr AU - Ahmed Mohammad Mahmmoud Badr , AU - Rania Mohammad Helmy Osman Elkaffas , AU - Sonia Ali Alsaiedi , TI - Assessment of left ventricular function in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mona Ahmed Sayed Atteya Gabr , KW - Dilated cardiomyopathy KW - Systolic and diastolic function KW - Tissue doppler imaging N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Background : Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by impaired systolic function of one or both ventricles . The aim of this study to assess left ventricular (LV) function in DCM patients using tissue doppler imaging . Results S' was correlated with E' at the mitral annulus there was a significant positive correlation between mitral S' and E' waves in cases (r = 0.6 P= 0.000) and controls (r = 0.7 P= 0.01) ER -