title: [Bi-ventricular endo-myocardial fibrosis (author's transl)].
abstract: Bi-ventricular endo-mycardial fibrosis was diagnosed in two European women. Clinically there was severe cardiac insufficiency in the presence of only moderate radiological cardiac enlargement. Haemodynamically there was restricted filling, but otherwise normal systolic ventricular function. The diagnosis depended on the angio-cardiographic demonstration of a small, globular left ventricular chamber with a tubular narrowed right ventricle with a thickened wall, particularly at the apex. In one patient the endo-myocardial fibrosis was also demonstrated by echocardiography.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D002932:Cineangiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008943:Mitral Valve; D013557:Switzerland; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D004071:Digitalis Glycosides; D004232:Diuretics
vernacular_title: Biventrikuläre Endomyokardfibrose.