34 research outputs found
RESERVOIR FUNCTION OF LEFT ATRIUM IS IMPAIRED IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND SEVERE MITRAL REGURGITATION
A stent-removing thread sticking adjacent to the duodenoscope elevator identified using the double-scope technique
CHANGES IN TRICUSPID ANNULAR PLANE SYSTOLIC EXCURSION PROVOKED BY EXERCISE DETERMINE THE EXERCISE CAPACITY IN PATIENTS WITH REDUCED LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION
A novel concept of passive loop-forming wire-guided biliary cannulation using an ultra-deep angled tip guidewire (with video)
RESERVOIR FUNCTION OF LEFT ATRIUM IS IMPAIRED IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC SEVERE AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS
CLINICAL SCENARIO OF ACUTE HEART FAILURE SYNDROME BEFORE CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY PREDICTS LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS
Peripartum Serial Echocardiographic Findings in a Patient with Life-threatening Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
A 35-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for the management of acutely decompensated heart failure due to peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). Generally, cardiac examinations are performed after the manifestation of heart failure in patients with PPCM. Thus, reports of serial cardiac examinations before the onset of PPCM are scarce. In this case, we were able to document the serial echocardiographic findings before the onset of life-threatening PPCM. We found that the left ventricular systolic function was preserved at 35 weeks of gestation but declined acutely after delivery at 38 weeks. Although speculative, these findings suggest that left ventricular dilation might precede the onset of PPCM