Asynergy and left ventricular performance in dilative cardiomyopathy

Detection of left ventricular asynergy by echocardiography.

The purpose of this study was to determnie if echocardiography could detect left ventricular asynergy. Forty-eight patients underwent selective coronary arteriography and cineventriculography for the evaluation of chest pain. Four patients were studied twice: three before and after myocardial revascularization and one before and after an intervening myocardial infarction. Echocardiographic M-mo...

Elective operations for left ventricular asynergy.

Gerbode, F., Kerth, W. J., Hill, J. D., Banerjee, S., and Marcelletti, C. (1974). Thorax, 29, 282-286. Elective operations for left ventricular asynergy. Operative results in 45 patients with symptomatic left ventricular asynergy are reviewed. The main symptoms were congestive heart failure in 77-7%, angina in 3141%, arrhythmias in 11-1%, and systemic thromboembolism in 2 2% of the patients. Al...

Detection of Left Ventricular Asynergy by Echocardiography

The purpose of this study was to determnie if echocardiography could detect left ventricular asynergy. Forty-eight patients underwent selective coronary arteriography and cineventriculography for the evaluation of chest pain. Four patients were studied twice: three before and after myocardial revascularization and one before and after an intervening myocardial infarction. Echocardiographic M-mo...

Arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy.

A 53-year-old white man was identified through family screening as having arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy caused by a frameshift mutation in the desmoplakin gene (DSP S1015fsX1017). Direct questioning revealed a previously undisclosed history of palpitations. The electrocardiogram (ECG) showed anterolateral T-wave inversion (Figure 1). Holter monitoring detected an asymptomatic ...

Left Ventricular Twist in Cardiomyopathy