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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: At baseline, diastolic function was impaired in all patients as indicated by abnormal values for the peak flow of the early filling phase (E, 55. 3 + / - 9. 5 mm/sec), the ratio of E and the peak flow of the atrial filling phase (E/A ratio, 0. 87 + / - 0. 13), the early diastolic velocity obtained by tissue Doppler (E ', 5. 7 + / - 1. 3 cm/sec), and the peak atrial filling velocity obtained by tissue Doppler (A ', 6. 8 + / - 1. 4 cm/sec), prolonged E deceleration time (234 + / - 34 msec), and isovolumetric relaxation time (121 + / - 15 msec).