Tag: left ventricular dysfunction

Myocardial dysfunction needing inotropic support is a typical complication after on-pump cardiac surgery. In this study, we evaluate the effect of milrinone on patients with ventricular dysfunction undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)...

Homocysteine is considered to be a risk factor, or an indicator of risk, for the development of cardiovascular disease. Little data is available on its significance in patients with previous myocardial infarction...

We reported a case of large right atrial thrombus which migrated from the inferior vena cava after acute left ventricular dysfunction due to 5-Fluorouracil cardiotoxicity. The patient had recurrent episodes of chest pain and dyspnea suggestive of pulmonary thromboembolism and several days later control echocardiography showed that the right atrial thrombus had disappeared...

Apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) is a unique acute cardiac syndrome characterized by symptoms and electrocardiographic changes that mimic acute myocardial infarction. It occurs in patients without evidence of significant obstructive coronary artery disease and is associated with transient extensive wall motion abnormalities of the apical and mid portions of the left ventricle. The onset of ABS is preceded by a stressful event, either emotional or physical in around 65% of cases...

A case of a 19 year-old female with the Niemann-Pick disease and transient left ventricular dysfunction following epileptic seizures is presented...

Background: QRS complex fragmentations can frequently be seen on routine ECG with narrow or wide QRS complex. Fragmented QRS complexes (fQRS) are defined as various RSR' patterns (≥ 1 R' or notching of S wave or R wave) in two contiguous leads corresponding to a major coronary artery territory. In previous studies, fQRS has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality, sudden cardiac death and recurrent cardiovascular events. The causative relationship between fQRS and cardiac fibrosis has been shown, but it has not been extensively studied whether there are different mechanisms for the development of fQRS...

Coronary artery disease, the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the industrialised world, has traditionally been associated with poorer outcomes in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) [1–4] for aortic stenosis. Improvements in surgical technique, myocardial preservation, perioperative management and earlier referral allows concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to be performed in selected patients undergoing AVR, resulting in satisfactory rates of operative mortality and a signifi cant improvement in quality of life compared to medical therapy [1, 5–7]...