Dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in the setting of acute anterior myocardial infarction: A serious and potentially fatal complication?

Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 449-455

  Hrovatin, Enzo ^a   Piazza, Rita ^a   Pavan, Daniela ^a   Mimo, Renata ^a   Macor, Franco ^a   Dall'Aglio, Vittorio ^a   Burelli, Claudio ^a   Cassin, Matteo ^a   Canterin, Francesco Antonini ^a   Brieda, Marco ^a   Vitrella, Giancarlo ^a   Gilberto, Cattarini ^b   Nicolosi, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera San Maria degli Angeli   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Cardio nefro polmonare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Echocardiography; Outflow tract dynamic gradient

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RUPTURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036674852     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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