Right Ventricular Dysfunction after Endocardiectomy for Right Ventricular Endomyocardial Fibrosis

J. E. Touze; D. Metras; J. Chauvet; M. Kacou; A. Adoh; Ed Bertrand

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1023409

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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1984; 32(5): 304-306
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1023409

Right Ventricular Dysfunction after Endocardiectomy for Right Ventricular Endomyocardial Fibrosis

J. E. Touze¹ , D. Metras² , J. Chauvet¹ , M. Kacou¹ , A. Adoh¹ , Ed. Bertrand¹

¹Department of Medicine,
²Department of Surgery, Institute of Cardiology, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Africa

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1984

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19. März 2008 (online)

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Summary

Early right ventricular failure following a large endocardiectomy in right endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is reported. This diagnosis was confirmed upon echocardiography by the presence of a dilated right ventricle, and hemodynamically (upon postoperative control catheterization) by the presence of right ventricular diastolic dysfunction. The role of the endocardiectomy and of the pericardium in the genesis of this ventricular dysfunction are discussed in the light of this case which was documented by a hemodynamic study and surgically confirmed.

Key words

Endomyocardial fibrosis - Endocardiectomy - Ventricular dysfunction - Right ventricular infarction