Both diastolic and systolic function alternate in pulsus alternans: a case report and review.
Pulsus alternans is occasionally seen in the setting of heart failure. This case describes a patient with both these findings, and alternating diastolic and systolic left ventricular function on color Doppler and Doppler tissue imaging.
Edwards
Paul
P
Department of Medicine, University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
Cohen
Gerald I
GI
D000328:Adult; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011674:Pulse; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology