scar-related VT also occurs in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathies, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, and surgically repaired congenital heart disease. Scars can be ...

A third heart sound (S3) is often present, due to increased early diastolic filling into a compliant, dilated left ventricle. Acute aortic regurgitation will cause a very short, early diastolic ...

NIDCM is characterized by left-ventricular or biventricular dilatation and contractile dysfunction in the absence of ...

For ventricular tachycardia (VT), catheter ablation is often seen as an option of last resort, however, some are questioning whether there has been too much emphasis on antiarrhythmic medication.

With acute mitral regurgitation, the left ventricle cannot adequately compensate and the left atrium is relatively non-compliant and non-dilated; symptoms, usually severe, always occur.

Intraventricular hemorrhage in premature infants can lead to posthemorrhagic ventricular dilation (PVHD), a serious complication that puts infants at high risk of severe disabilities. A new ...

and low ejection fraction associated with mild left ventricular dilation, among other signs of heart dysfunction. Transmission electron micrographs of myocardial biopsies from two of these ...

A 65-y-old woman with multiple cardiovascular risk factors presented with atypical chest pain, prompting a 1-d pharmacologic stress myocardial perfusion test using 99mTc sestamibi. Initial ...