Hypoxia exacerbated by mechanical ventilation: when the trap door opens in severe right ventricular failure
| Autor: | Richard Wheeler, Andrei D Margulescu, Fong T Leong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Ventricular Dysfunction Right Cardiomyopathy Magnetic Resonance Imaging Cine Severity of Illness Index Diagnosis Differential Internal medicine medicine Humans Hypoxia Mechanical ventilation Heart Failure Ejection fraction business.industry Hypoxia (medical) Middle Aged medicine.disease Respiration Artificial Echocardiography Doppler medicine.anatomical_structure Ventricle Heart failure Cardiology Right ventricular failure Myocardial fibrosis medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Echocardiography Transesophageal Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Heart (British Cardiac Society). 99(14) |
| ISSN: | 1468-201X |
| Popis: | A 49-year-old man with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy presented with acute hypoxia. Weeks earlier, his right ventricle was found to be severely impaired in function, with signs suggestive of extensive myocardial fibrosis (figure 1), while his left ventricle had an ejection fraction of 33% and patchy tissue abnormalities. Despite comprehensive testing then, including biopsies from both ventricles, the cause of his cardiomyopathy remained unclear. Figure 1 Cardiac magnetic resonance image (short axis view at the level of the papillary muscles). There is dilatation and extensive late gadolinium enhancement of … |
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