title: Reversible biventricular dysfunction secondary to ischemia in a patient with acute airway obstruction: a case report and review of the literature on reversible causes of acute ventricular dysfunction.
abstract: Reversible causes of acute myocardial dysfunction are important for clinicians to recognize. Reversible biventricular dysfunction secondary to myocardial ischemia is presented in a patient with acute upper airway obstruction. The differential diagnosis of reversible acute myocardial dysfunction is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rabson
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy