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Echocardiography
; 32(8): 1314-7, 2015 Aug.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25735486
RESUMEN
Isolated collapse of the left ventricle (LV) in diastole is not a very common finding on two-dimensional echocardiography. Reported cases in the literature were due to either loculated postoperative pericardial effusion/hematoma or left pleural effusion. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of LV diastolic collapse secondary to extra-thoracic compression.