title: Atrialization of right ventricular pressure during acute cardiac allograft rejection.
abstract: We describe a patient who, during an episode of acute cardiac rejection, developed such severe systolic dysfunction that there was transient near-adynamic function of the right ventricle. This right ventricular dysfunction was reflected hemodynamically by the unusual finding of atrialization of right ventricular pressures. The patient's cardiac function returned to normal after treatment with extensive immunotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Miami, FL.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Marchena
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Madrid
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wozniak
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Futterman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitrani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bolooki
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D011312:Pressure