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Left ventricular relaxation was assessed using the early to late diastolic Doppler tissue velocity ratio of the mitral annulus (E\/ADTI), the E\/A ratio of mitral inflow (E\/AM), and the E deceleration time (E-DT). Left ventricular hypertrophy was assessed using the M mode derived left ventricular mass index.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The overall correlation between regurgitant fraction and PHT was weak (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.36, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.005). In patients without left ventricular hypertrophy, there was a significant correlation between regurgitant fraction and PHT (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.62, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.005), but not in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. In patients with a left ventricular relaxation abnormality (defined as E\/ADTI&lt;\u20091, E\/AM&lt;\u2009age corrected lower limit, E-DT\u2009\u2a7e\u2009220 ms), no associations between regurgitant fraction and PHT were found, whereas in patients without left ventricular relaxation abnormalities, the regurgitant fraction to PHT relations were significant (normal E\/AM:<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.57, p\u2009=\u20090.02; E-DT&lt;\u2009220 ms:<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.50, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001; E\/ADTI &lt;\u20091:<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.57, p\u2009=\u20090.02).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Only normal left ventricular relaxation allows a significant decay of PHT with increasing aortic regurgitation severity. In abnormal relaxation, which is usually present in left ventricular hypertrophy, wide variation in prolonged backward left ventricular filling may cause dissociation between the regurgitant fraction and PHT. 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