Echocardiographic features in infants with dilated cardiomyopathy treated with reversible pulmonary banding: a preliminary single-centre experience

Reversible Pulmonary Hypertension in an Infant Treated with Diazoxide

Background: Diazoxide is the main therapeutic agent for congenital hyperinsulinism. The drug is generally well tolerated; however, in this report severe adverse effects including heart failure (HF) and pulmonary hypertension (PH) in an infant are reported.Case report: A sixteen-day male infant with persistent hypoglycemia and with diagnosis of congenital hyperinsulinism underwent near total pan...

Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy associated with glucagonoma.

An association between dilated cardiomyopathy and glucagonoma has not previously been described. A case of a 54 year old woman with tachycardia and congestive heart failure is described. Initial evaluation included an echocardiogram, which showed dilated cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of 15%. Coronary angiography and endomyocardial biopsy did not identify a secondary cause of her card...

Biventricular response to pulmonary artery banding in children with dilated cardiomyopathy.

serum uric acid correlation with echocardiographic indices in children with dilated cardiomyopathy

background: dilated cardiomyopathy (dcmp) is a myocardial disease characterized by dilated left ventricle or both ventricles and reduced contractility of the myocardium. in patients suffering from dcmp, the serum level of uric acid may increase. this research was designed to evaluate the effect of the serum level of uric acid on systolic and diastolic functions in patients with dcmp. methods: t...

Echocardiographic evaluation of diastolic parameters in dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Echocardiography is a valuable tool for the evaluation of systolic and diastolic cardiac function. A high correlation between measurements of diastolic mitral inflow parameters analyzed with Doppler echocardiography and invasive methods makes the former valuable. The aim of this study was to ascertain if significant differences occur in diastolic myocardial parameters between dogs with no heart...