Functionally Atrialized Parchment-Like Right Ventricle with Extensive Myocardial Fibrosis of Left Ventricle
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- case report
- Published by International Heart Journal (Japanese Heart Journal) in Japanese Heart Journal
- Vol. 17 (3) , 428-435
- https://doi.org/10.1536/ihj.17.428
Abstract
A 18-year-old female with unusual type of parchment-like right ventricle died of intractable congestive heart failure was reported. A catheter study revealed the absence of systolic contraction of the right ventricle. The pressure tracing curve in the right ventricle was virtually the same as in the right atrium. At autopsy, there was an extensive myocardial fibrosis of the left ventricle in addition to the almost total absence of the myocardium of the right ventricle. The case was considered to be a unique type of idiopathic cardiomyopathy.Keywords
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