Repeated heart failure in a 74-year-old man with left ventricular hypertrophy

Repeated heart failure in a 74-year-old man with left ventricular hypertrophy.

IMAGE CHALLENGE A 74-year-old man who had been diagnosed with LV hypertrophy (LVH) at the age of 60 years in another hospital was referred for evaluation of repeated hospitalisation for heart failure. He complained shortness of breath, but no chest pain or syncope. Significant information was not obtained in spite of a carefully taken past and family history. There was no history of hypertensio...

Altered With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Induced Heart Failure

30 31 Hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure (HF) are widespread and 32 debilitating cardiovascular diseases that affect nearly 23 million people worldwide. A distinctive 33 hallmark of these cardiovascular diseases is autonomic imbalance, with increased sympathetic 34 activity and decreased parasympathetic vagal tone. Recent device-based approaches, such as 35 implantable vagal st...

Congestive heart failure in a 61-year-old man.

Soft tissue neoplasm invading the heart with associated thrombus in a 74-year-old man.

A 74-year-old gentleman was referred to our institution for investigation of an intra-cardiac mass, as part of the tertiary referral service that this institution provides for transesophageal echocardiogram (TOE). He presented initially to a general hospital 30 miles away with sub-costal pain. An ultrasound scan subsequently performed was unrevealing. A computed tomography (CT) thorax/abdomen w...

Bacteraemia and intestinal obstruction in a 74-year-old man.

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