Dr Pasquale and colleagues demonstrate that dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction was the cause of exertional chest pain and dyspnea in a patient with no evidence of hypertrophic ...

Figure 1. Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction secondary to adverse reaction to contrast: A – continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound: high systolic velocity in the LVOT (approximately 5 m/s) ...

To the Editor: In the article by Maron et al. (Jan. 23 issue)1 about the effect of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction on the clinical outcome in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the authors con ...

ACCURATE diagnosis of obstruction to the outflow tract from the left ventricle was not considered necessary until the development of extracorporeal circulation and open-heart surgery. The diagnosis ...

However, selected patients may be at excessive risk of SCD from lethal ventricular arrhythmias or severe left ventricular (LV) outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction.

Noncompacted left ventricle is currently listed as an unclassified cardiomyopathy by the World ... which may be associated with congenital right and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.

Left ventricular outflow obstruction most commonly occurs at the aortic valve itself; however, it can occur above the aortic valve (supravalvular) as in William’s syndrome, or below the aortic ...

TCT 102: Assessing the Risk of Neo-Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement: Are We Treating All the Patients That Can be Treated? Presenter: Keshav Kohli.

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Maron MS et al. (2003) Effect of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction on clinical outcome in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 348: 295–303.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, also known as HCM or thick heart syndrome, is a genetic condition that causes your heart muscle ...

These same drugs can actually worsen hypotension if the basal segments of the myocardium are so hypercontractile that they actually cause dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction as can ...