Right-Sided Heart Failure Due to Compression of the Right Atrium by Remarkable Ascending Aortic Elongation | Zendy

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Right-Sided Heart Failure Due to Compression of the Right Atrium by Remarkable Ascending Aortic Elongation

Author(s) -

Satoshi Akagi,

Eiji Taguchi,

Kazuhiro Dan,

Yoko Ikeda,

Yusuke Kawai,

Kenichi Hisamatsu,

Mitsuru Munemasa,

Yoshihisa Fujimoto,

Hiromi Matsubara,

Hiroshi Mikouchi

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.513770

Subject(s) - medicine , university hospital , general surgery , cardiology

A 71-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of repeated leg and face edema. The chest radiograph showed cardiomegaly and right-sided pleural effusion. Echocardiographic examination detected compression of the right atrium (RA) by dilated and elongated ascending aorta. Pulsed-wave Doppler examination demonstrated that peak diastolic velocity and mean pressure gradient through the stenotic site were 1.65 m/s …

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