An echocardiographic Tissue Doppler measurement (ratio of early mitral inflow velocity to early diastolic mitral annular velocity) used to non-invasively estimate LVEDP; a ratio <8 suggests normal filling pressures, while >14 has high specificity for elevated LVEDP.
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