[PDF] Top 20 Left ventricular apical diseases

... right ventricular angiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and computerised tomography [24, ...right ventricular free wall is a sensitive diagnostic marker when fibrofatty infiltration is associated ... See full document

... to apical obliteration when there is still a clear visualization of ...this apical “cut”, in order to avoid quantification bias, we created another new criterion: an identification of at least a tendency to ... See full document

... acute left ventricular segmental dysfunction, whose clinical presentation resembles that of acute myocardial ...the left ventricular mid-apical ... See full document

... Extracranial Duplexsonography revealed moderate arteri- osclerotic plaque formation in the carotid bulb on both sides but no hemodynamic stenosis of the carotid and ver- tebral arteries. Using transcranial ... See full document

... This section, again in the long axis of the dominant left ventricle, shows the apical trabecular and outlet components of the muscular ventricular septum in the setting of absence of the[r] ... See full document

... the left ventricle to avoid inclusion of signal from epicardial fat or blood pool that could introduce error into the quantitative ...the left ventri- cle) ... See full document

... Use of drug-eluting stents in diabetic patients with ST- elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is relatively com- mon, and subsequent treatment with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is invariably required [1]. ... See full document

... the apical and/or mid-segments of the left ventricle that mimics acute myocardial infarction but with no ob- structive coronary artery disease” ...a left ventriculogram of the patient with TTS ... See full document

... Left ventricular ballooning syndrome (LVBS) is a recently described acute cardiac syndrome mimicking acute myo- cardial infarction, characterized by reversible regional apical or midventricular ... See full document

... Left ventricular (LV) myxomas are more common in women and may arise from any region of the left ventricle, in contrast to atrial myxomas, which usually originate from the interatrial ... See full document

... other diseases which can affect vitamin D ab- sorption and metabolism; 3) medication history includ- ing vitamin D, bisphosphonate, estrogen replacement therapy and diuretics which may influence calcium me- ... See full document

... LVEDA: left ventricular end-diastolic area; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; MAP: mean arterial pressure; PEEP: positive end-expiratory pressure; PSV: pressure support ventilation; ... See full document

... Normally, left ventricular strains are hetero- geneous: both the longitudinal and circumferential strains are higher in the apical and middle segments than basal ...the apical radial strain is ... See full document

... Chronic RV apical pacing in pediatric patients with or without structural heart disease does not necessarily result in decline of LV function. In pediatric patients with com- plex congenital cardiac malformations ... See full document

... Follow-up echocardiography was undertaken twice per month post-discharge; her left ventricular apex remained hypokinetic throughout. This finding is discrepant with LVBS whereby the wall motion defect is ... See full document

... [6] Bybee, K.A., et al. (2004) Clinical characteristics and throm- bolysis in myocardial infarction frame counts in women with transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome. Journal of the ... See full document

... to apical left ventricular thickening of the anterior and posterior walls, result- ing in a spade-like morphology of the left ventricular cavity during end diastole in LV long axis view ... See full document

... Transient left ventricular apical motion weakening or dis- appearing and involved scope is inconsistent with the blood supply area of single coronary artery; there are stress triggering factors in ... See full document

... the apical segment is predisposed to stunning in comparison to the ...for apical involvement and basal sparing is unknown but may be related to increased apical myocardial sensitivity to sympathetic ... See full document

... systolic left ventricular (LV)volume, ejection fraction and stroke volume (SV),left atrial, LV end-diastolic volume index (LVdVI), LV end-systolic volume index (LVsVI), and left atrial volume ... See full document