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Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction After Myocardial Infarction Due to a Hyperdynamic Basal Septum
Author(s) -
Landesman Keith A.,
Sadaniantz Ara
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00291.x
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , ventricular outflow tract obstruction , myocardial infarction , outflow , basal (medicine) , ventricular outflow tract , mitral valve , physics , meteorology , insulin
Acquired left ventricular outflow (LVOT) obstruction may occur following mitral valve repair or replacement. We describe a case where following a large myocardial infarction the hyperdynamic basilar septum was the cause of LVOT.