PERIODIC INTERMITTENT ELECTROMECHANICAL DISSOCIATION - HEMODYNAMIC CORRELATE OF A MALFUNCTIONING MECHANICAL PROSTHETIC VALVE

Authors
SHAH D VIJAYKUMAR M CHANDRASEKHAR K REDDY KN GIRINATH MR
Citation
D. Shah et al., PERIODIC INTERMITTENT ELECTROMECHANICAL DISSOCIATION - HEMODYNAMIC CORRELATE OF A MALFUNCTIONING MECHANICAL PROSTHETIC VALVE, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 38(4), 1996, pp. 377-378
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
38
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
377 - 378
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1996)38:4<377:PIED-H>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We describe a patient who developed the unusual haemodynamic phenomeno n of periodic intermittent electromechanical dissociation during regul ar sinus tachycardia about 20 hours after mitral valve replacement wit h a tilting disc mechanical prosthesis. Echocardiographic confirmation allowed prompt and life saving corrective surgery for a stuck prosthe tic valve disc. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.