Publications by authors named "Jovan D Vasiljevic"
Aim: To determine prognostic implications of the assessment of right (RV) vs. left ventricular (LV) contractile reserve with dobutamine echocardiography in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Methods And Results: Forty-eight consecutive patients (41 male, NYHA class III/IV 13 patients, LV ejection fraction 19+/-8%) were subjected to dobutamine stress echocardiography in incremental stages lasting 5 min each.
Background: Although partial left ventriculectomy (PLV) may have beneficial clinical effects in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), there are no reports on effects of PLV on myocardial histology. The objective of this study was to assess histological properties of the LV myocardium 1 year following PLV as compared to histology at the time of the operation.
Methods: The study group consisted of 15 consecutive PLV survivors, predominantly male (13/15), aged 45+/-12 years.
Background: This study was designed to determine the relationship between histomorphometric features and contractile reserve assessed by high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Methods: Twenty-four consecutive patients (21 men, aged 43.4+/-8.
Background: The coexistence of a well-differentiated liposarcoma (atypical lipomatous tumor) and benign smooth muscle component in a single soft tissue neoplasm is extremely rare.
Case Report: Histologic and immunohistochemical characteristics of tumor, which represented the recurrence of a retroperitoneal atypical lipoma in a 50-year-old female patient are presented in this paper. The tumor represented the recurrence of a retroperitoneal atypical lipoma.