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Echocardiography
; 34(10): 1554, 2017 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28895176
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Echocardiography
; 34(8): 1263, 2017 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28670734
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Echocardiography
; 34(7): 1089-1091, 2017 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28497565
ABSTRACT
Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) and systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the mitral valve may have various etiologies, of which hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common. More rarely, an acute coronary syndrome, myocardial stunning, and takotsubo cardiomyopathy may give rise to LVOTO and SAM. Here, we present a 70-year-old female patient with a non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. Echocardiography the day after, because of dyspnea and hypotension, revealed apical akinesia, LVOTO, and SAM, which proved completely reversible after treatment with a ß-blocker and a 2-month follow-up period. It was concluded that postischemic apical stunning had caused LVOTO and SAM.
Subject(s)
Acute Coronary Syndrome/complications , Acute Coronary Syndrome/diagnostic imaging , Mitral Valve Insufficiency/complications , Mitral Valve Insufficiency/diagnostic imaging , Ventricular Outflow Obstruction/complications , Ventricular Outflow Obstruction/diagnostic imaging , Acute Coronary Syndrome/drug therapy , Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/therapeutic use , Aged , Echocardiography/methods , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Mitral Valve/diagnostic imaging , Mitral Valve Insufficiency/drug therapy , Treatment Outcome , Ventricular Outflow Obstruction/drug therapy
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J Am Coll Cardiol
; 55(9): 921, 2010 Mar 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20185045