Ventricular mechanical asynchrony in patients with different degrees of systolic dysfunction: results from AVE Registry by the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Echography (SIEC).

Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the prevalence of interventricular and intraventricular asynchrony in patients with different degrees of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction.

Methods: We enrolled 182 patients (male 79%, mean age 64 +/- 11 years) with LV ejection fraction (EF) < 50% and identified two groups: Group A (n = 79) with mild-to-moderate LV dysfunction (EF between 36% and 49%) and Group B (n = 103) with severe dysfunction (EF View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Correction of discrete subaortic stenosis with abnormal chordae tendineae.

The case of a 52-year-old woman with subvalvular aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation is presented. Mitral regurgitation was associated, due to insertion of two abnormal chordae tendineae at the apex of the anterior papillary muscle and at the free border of the subvalvular membranous annulus. This abnormality displaced the anterior papillary muscle, thus applying a traction at the mitral leaflet.

Diastolic paradoxic jet flow in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: report of two patients with different morphologic aspects.

Background: In non-Asiatic population, apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy represents 1% to 2% of hypertrophic cardiomyopathies. The presence of an apical ventricular aneurysm occurs in 1% of patients with the apical variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Methods And Results: We present two patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, both illustrating an early diastolic paradoxic jet flow between the apex and the middle area of ventricle.