Sigmoid shaped ventricular septum causing hemodynamic deterioration during lumbar anesthesia: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 167-172

  Yokoya, Takahiro ^a   Moromikawa, Jun ^a   Uehara, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakada, Kiyonobu ^a   Kuba, Masaaki ^a   Zaha, Masami ^a  

^a Okinawa Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications (anesthesia, outflow obstruction); Echocardiography, transesophageal, transthoracic; Shock; Ventricular function (sigmoid shaped ventricular septum)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DETERIORATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHOCK; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AGING; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036778521     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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