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Touro College and University System

NYMC Faculty Publications

2017

Heart Ventricles

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D-Shaped Left Ventricle, Anatomic, And Physiologic Implications, E Cativo Calderon, Tuoyo Mene-Afejuku, R Valvani, D Cativo, D Tripathi, H Reyes, Savi Mushiyev Oct 2017

D-Shaped Left Ventricle, Anatomic, And Physiologic Implications, E Cativo Calderon, Tuoyo Mene-Afejuku, R Valvani, D Cativo, D Tripathi, H Reyes, Savi Mushiyev

NYMC Faculty Publications

Right ventricular loading/pressure influences left ventricular function because the two ventricles pump in series and because they are anatomically arranged in parallel, sharing the common ventricular septum. Flattening of the interventricular septum detected during echocardiographic examination is called D-shaped left ventricle. We present a case of an elderly male of African descent, who presented with increased shortness of breath. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed flattening and left sided deviation of interventricular septum causing a decreased size in left ventricle, secondary to volume/pressure overload in the right ventricle. While patient received hemodialysis therapy and intravascular volume was removed, patient blood pressure was noted …


Hypertension And Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, Wilbert S. Aronow Aug 2017

Hypertension And Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, Wilbert S. Aronow

NYMC Faculty Publications

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