Obscured meshwork structure after treatment for heart failure: a case study.

An 87-year-old man with heart failure was admitted to our hospital. A transthoracic echocardiography showed diffuse mild left ventricular (LV) hypokinesis and LV noncompaction at the apex. A three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography confirmed a trabecular meshwork.

Simultaneous pressure recording in mid-ventricular obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

A 70-year-old man was diagnosed with mid-ventricular obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (MVOHCM) with apical aneurysm and paradoxic jet flow. At cardiac catheterization, pressure study showed that there was a markedly high pressure-gradient of 90 mmHg between the apex and the base in systole. Apical pressure was 350 mmHg after premature ventricular contraction.

Marked decrease in BNP levels in 2 related patients with reversible dilated cardiomyopathy.

Two male patients, one in his thirties and the other in his fifties, were admitted to different hospitals for congestive heart failure (CHF). In both patients, laboratory findings indicated high plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels (266.0 and 902.