1079-78 Preoperative QRS widening and ventricular dysrhythmia predict adverse outcomes following left ventricular reconstruction for ischemic cardiomyopathy

Left Ventricular Reconstruction in Ischemic Heart Disease

Objectives: [1] To review our experience with left ventricular reconstruction (LVR) regarding safety (early mortality and morbidity) and long-term survival (Study I). [2] To evaluate LVR including surgery for ventricular tachycardia in patients with preoperative spontaneous or inducible ventricular tachycardia (Study II). [3] To analyze risk factors for mortality and hospital re-admission for h...

Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction for Ischemic or Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

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 ...

Ventricular Remodeling In Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Heart failure in the setting of reduced systolic pump function, if left untreated, is characterized by progressive ventricular dilation and dysfunction. Many of the major advances in pharmacologic treatments for heart failure achieved over the last two decades came with the recognition that this process, referred to as ventricular remodeling, results from abnormal mechanical stress on the myoca...

left ventricular torsional parameters in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

conclusions lv twist, torsion and untwist and also rate of them are significantly impaired in dcm and this impairment is well-related to lv global systolic and diastolic dysfunction. vvi is a new noninvasive technique that can be used to evaluate lv torsional parameters. results lv twist value (5.54 ± 1.94° in dcm vs. 11.5 ± 2.45° in control group) and also lv torsion (0.71 ± 0.28°/cm in dcm vs...