Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with dynamic obstruction and high left ventricular outflow gradients associated with paradoxical apical ballooning.
Mark V SherridKatherine RiedyBarry RosenzweigMonica AhluwaliaMilla ArabadjianMuhamed SaricSandhya BalaramDaniel G SwistelHarmony R ReynoldsBette KimPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)
Acute LV apical ballooning, associated with high dynamic LVOT gradients, may punctuate the course of obstructive HCM. The syndrome is important to recognize on echocardiography because it may be associated with profound reversible LV decompensation.
Keyphrases
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- left ventricular
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- acute myocardial infarction
- heart failure
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- aortic stenosis
- liver failure
- respiratory failure
- computed tomography
- hepatitis b virus
- intensive care unit
- coronary artery disease
- autism spectrum disorder
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention