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The document reviews the E/e’ index, a noninvasive measure of diastolic function, highlighting its limitations and the technical and physiological factors that affect its accuracy. It emphasizes that while the E/e’ ratio has been validated in specific contexts, its application in critically ill patients and children is often inappropriate, and alternative methods may provide more reliable assessments of left heart filling pressures. The authors argue for a more comprehensive approach to evaluating diastolic

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Juan Manuel Rivera Vizcarra

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