Transient left ventricular pulsus alternans in severe aortic valve disease.
A 56-year-old man presented with severe aortic valve disease. Pulsus alternans was recorded in the left ventricle, apparently provoked by catheter placement through a stenotic aortic valve. This case illustrates that studies on left ventricular performance in severe aortic stenosis should be done with a transseptal catheter.
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Division of Cardiology, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec.
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D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse