Atrialization of right ventricular pressure during acute cardiac allograft rejection.
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.
de Marchena
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Department of Pathology, University of Miami, FL.
Madrid
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Wozniak
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Futterman
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Mitrani
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Bolooki
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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