title: Transient left ventricular dilatation in the absence of epicardial disease on angiography.
abstract: A 58-year-old woman with a previous anterior myocardial infarction, recurrent chest pain, transient adenosine-induced left ventricular dilatation but no apparent epicardial disease on angiography is presented. Transient ischemic dilatation during myocardial perfusion imaging, and the reported causes of transient left ventricular dilatation in the absence of epicardial disease, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia. nkc@imag.wsahs.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Kevin K L
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Choong
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals