Rios MD, et al. - The agreement between emergency physician (EP) assessment of diastolic dysfunction (DD) by a simplified approach using average peak mitral excursion velocity (e'_A) and an independent cardiologist’s diagnosis of DD by estimating left atrial (LA) pressure using American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) guidelines was evaluated. Findings revealed a good agreement between (e'_A) by EP and cardiologist interpretation of limited bedside echocardiograms.