Left ventricular constriction due to myocarditis in a child

A case (followed for six years) is reported of an 8 year old child with syncopal episodes presumed due to acute left ventricular failure. Electrocardiograms showed progressive left ventricular hypertrophy while radiographically there was evidence of left atrial and right ventricular enlargement. Hem...

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Published inThe American journal of cardiology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 270 - 277
Main Authors Linn, Harold, Kline, Irwin K., Rosenblum, Philip, Silber, Earl N., Shaffer, Aaron B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.1964
Subjects
Blood Pressure Determination
Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiomegaly
Child
Constriction
Coronary Disease
Electrocardiography
Humans
Myocarditis
Old Medline
Pathology
Phonocardiography
Radiography, Thoracic
THORACIC RADIOGRAPHY
HEART ENLARGEMENT
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
MYOCARDITIS
PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY
PATHOLOGY
CHILD
HEART CATHETERIZATION
BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION
CORONARY DISEASE
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Summary:A case (followed for six years) is reported of an 8 year old child with syncopal episodes presumed due to acute left ventricular failure. Electrocardiograms showed progressive left ventricular hypertrophy while radiographically there was evidence of left atrial and right ventricular enlargement. Hemodynamic data obtained at left heart catheterization revealed markedly elevated mean left atrial and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. In the absence of gross left ventricular enlargement this suggested a constrictive phenomenon involving the left ventricle. The etiology of the latter was found at postmortem examination to be due to chronic myocarditis and coronary vasculitis.
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ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/0002-9149(64)90182-1