Function follows form and this maxim provides an understanding of the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure following myocardial infarction. The heart fails as it enlarges and becomes more spherical. Surgical methods to treat dilated ischemic cardiomyopathy have evolved and been applied to thousands of patients worldwide. Known as "surgical ventricular restoration", or SVR, the operation ...

Introduction: Evan's Index is a linear measurement of the ventricular size which used as an indirect marker volume. It widely screening tool to rule out enlargement. As enlargement indicates neuropathological state brain, serves quick and reliable method assess size. Objectives: The study aims generate baseline value among Nepalese population also investigates effect age gender on EI. Methodolo...

A 38-year-old female had felt exertional dyspnea for six months. Physical examination and laboratory data including angiotensin-converting enzyme, failed to diagnose sarcoidosis. Her chest X-ray showed cardiomegaly but no hilar lymph node enlargement. Holter ECG showed nonsustained and sustained ventricular tachycardias, monomorphic or polymorphic tachycardia. Echocardiography and contrast left...

A 32-year-old woman with a one-year history of progressive shortness of breath and chest pain was found to have a grade 4/6 systolic murmur at the base of the heart and left sternal border. Right ventricular enlargement was found by physical examination, ECG, and chest roentgenogram. Cardiac catheterization showed elevated right ventricular pressure, an intracavitary pressure gradient, and inab...

A 53-year-old woman was referred for ventricular fibrillation with resuscitation. A CT-angiography showed signs of a right ventricular enlargement without obvious cause. A cardiac MRI demonstrated a dilated and hypokinetic right ventricle with extensive late gadolinium enhancement. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) was suspected according to the "revised ARVD task force criteria...

Ventricular enlargement is one of the most consistently documented neurobiological abnormalities in schizophrenia. The timing of the development of this abnormality in the course of schizophrenic illness and its relationship to neuropsychological dysfunction and premorbid adjustment is, however, unclear. To address these questions, we examined the relationship between ventricle-brain ratio (VBR...