Skip Navigation

European Journal of Echocardiography 2005 6(6):470-472; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2005.02.005
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Nemes, A.
Right arrow Articles by ten Cate, F. J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Nemes, A.
Right arrow Articles by ten Cate, F. J.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Copyright © 2005, The European Society of Cardiology

Contrast echocardiography for perfusion in right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Attila Nemesa, Willem B. Vletterb, Marcoen F. Scholtenb and Folkert J. ten Cateb,*

a2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
bDepartment of Cardiology, Thoraxcentre, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 24 September 2004; accepted after revision 12 February 2005.

f.j.tencate{at}erasmusmc.nl

* Corresponding author. Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Room Ba304, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 10 4635669; fax: +31 10 4635498.


  Abstract

Right ventricular (RV) cardiomyopathy is a familiar myocardial disease of RV characterized by extensive fatty replacement of the myocardium. Conventional echocardiography is able to show abnormalities in myocardial contractility, but fat on the images appears to be similar to the surrounding tissue or fluid. The present case suggests the clinical role of contrast echocardiography showing perfusion abnormalities in patients with RV cardiomyopathy in the region of the fat depositions.

Keywords: 2D, two-dimensional; ECG, electrocardiogram; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator; IVS, interventricular septum; LBBB, left bundle branch block; LV, left ventricle; LVFW, left ventricular lateral free wall; MR, magnetic resonance; MV, mitral valve; RBBB, right bundle branch block; RV, right ventricle; RVW, right ventricular wall; TV, tricuspid valve; VT, ventricular tachycardia


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.