Publications by authors named "Antonios A Pantazis"
Background: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a myocardial disease with an increased risk for ventricular arrhythmias. The condition, which occurs in Boxer dogs, shares phenotypic features with the human disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) suggesting its potential as a natural animal model. However, there are currently no universally accepted clinical criteria to diagnose ARVC in Boxer dogs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose Of Review: Isolated left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is a myocardial disorder characterized by excessive and prominent trabeculations of the left ventricle, associated with progressive systolic failure, stroke and arrhythmia. Until quite recently, LVNC was thought to be extremely rare, but, with greater awareness of the disease and improvements in echocardiographic technology, there has been a dramatic increase in the frequency of diagnosis. Recent studies suggest that the frequency of LVNC is determined in part by the diagnostic criteria used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: We compared the frequency of a binary endocardial appearance in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and Anderson-Fabry disease (AFD).
Background: A recent study suggested that a binary endocardial appearance is a highly sensitive and specific discriminator of AFD from other causes of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
Methods: Fourteen patients with AFD (55.
Aims: Left-ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is characterized by excessive and prominent left-ventricular (LV) trabeculations and may be associated with systolic dysfunction in advanced disease. We sought to determine the proportion of patients fulfilling LVNC criteria in an adult population referred to a heart failure clinic using current diagnostic criteria.
Methods And Results: One hundred and ninety-nine patients [age 63.