A prediction rule for left ventricular dilatation post-MI?

Risk Stratification in Post-MI Patients Based on Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Heart-Rate Turbulence

Post-traumatic left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysms (LVPs) occur as a complication of myocardial infarction, cardiac surgery and, rarely, due to thoracic trauma, infective pericarditis or iatrogenisis due to accidental perforation of the myocardium. Ventricular pseudoaneurysms are acquired by blood-filled spaces outside the cardiac chambers communicating with the ventricle. We present a case of LVP presented afte...

Does left ventricular dyssynchrony immediately after acute myocardial infarction result in left ventricular dilatation?

BACKGROUND Reverse remodeling of the left ventricle (LV) is one of the advantageous mechanisms of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Substantial LV dyssynchrony seems mandatory for echocardiographic response to CRT. Conversely, LV dyssynchrony early after acute myocardial infarction may result in LV dilatation during follow-up. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rel...

Acute left ventricular dilatation and shock-induced myocardial dysfunction.

OBJECTIVE Whether cardiac ventricles can acutely dilate during septic myocardial dysfunction. DESIGN A prospective echocardiographic study was performed to assess changes of left ventricular dimensions over time in patients with septic shock. SETTINGS A 20-bed surgical intensive care unit of Pitié-Salpêtrière university hospital in Paris. PATIENTS Forty-five patients were studied over the...

The electrocardiographic findings in left ventricular hypertrophy and dilatation.

THE electrocardiographic patterns of subjects who had evidence at necropsy of left ventricular hypertrophy have been comprehensively reviewed by Seott.1 2 Although no close relationship can be demonstrated between any specific electrocardiographic abnormality and the heart weight, the left ventricular weight, the left ventricular wall thickness, or the ratio of left ventricular/ right ventricul...