Effect of Late Gadolinium Enhancement on the Recovery of Left Ventricular Systolic Function After Pulmonary Vein Isolation

AbstractWe present the case of a 29-year-old man with mutation-positive Duchenne muscular dystrophy and mutation-positive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. His cardiac phenotype has characteristics of both disorders; he manifests sub-epicardial left ventricular free wall late gadolinium enhancement that is consistent with Duchenne cardiomyopathy, as well as asymmetric ventricular septal hypertrophy, hyperdynamic left ventricular systolic function, and septal mid-myocardial late gadolinium enhancement, which are characteristic of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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48 N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in patients submitted to heart transplant with perserved left ventricular systolic function

European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements ◽

10.1016/s1567-4215(04)90029-x ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 10

Author(s):

S MARTINS

Keyword(s):

Brain Natriuretic Peptide ◽

Natriuretic Peptide ◽

Heart Transplant ◽

Systolic Function ◽

Left Ventricular Systolic Function ◽

Left Ventricular ◽

Ventricular Systolic Function

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Clinical outcome of patients with severly reduced left ventricular systolic function after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon ◽

10.1055/s-0031-1297816 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 60 (S 01) ◽

Author(s):

SM Ensminger ◽

J Ludwig ◽

S Loders ◽

F Einhaus ◽

WG Daniel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Aortic Valve ◽

Clinical Outcome ◽

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation ◽

Systolic Function ◽

Left Ventricular Systolic Function ◽

Left Ventricular ◽

Ventricular Systolic Function ◽

Transcatheter Aortic Valve ◽

Aortic Valve Implantation ◽

Valve Implantation

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An Atypical Presentation of Acute Coronary Syndrome

European Cardiology Review ◽

10.15420/ecr.2012.8.1.67 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 67

Author(s):

Syed Khurram Mushtaq Gardezi ◽

Keyword(s):

Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽

Coronary Artery ◽

Systolic Function ◽

Artery Bypass ◽

Left Ventricular Systolic Function ◽

Regional Wall Motion ◽

Dobutamine Stress ◽

Left Ventricular ◽

Ventricular Systolic Function ◽

Coronary Syndrome

A 61-year-old man was admitted to hospital with severe occipital headache and weakness and numbness of the left arm. His electrocardiograms showed changes hinting at acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, in view of his clinical presentation, he underwent tests for likely subarachnoid haemorrhage, but this was ruled out. The next day, he was referred to cardiology. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed reduced left ventricular systolic function along with regional wall motion abnormalities involving inferoposterior walls. The patient was treated as per the protocol for ACS. A dobutamine stress echocardiogram confirmed inferior myocardial infarction with evidence of myocardial viability in the affected left ventricular segments. Subsequent investigations confirmed three-vessel coronary artery disease and reduced left ventricular systolic function. The patient underwent successful coronary artery bypass grafting.

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