Abstract
The case of a patient with severe dilative cardiomyopathy and cardiomegaly demonstrates that M-mode echocardiography and planar chest radiographs are not always sufficient to follow up the disease correctly. Using other non-invasive imaging modalities, in this case radionuclide ventriculography and NMR tomography, which provide more precise information with regard to morphology function of both the right and the left heart, allows a more reliable follow-up of the disease.
Translated title of the contribution | Discrepancies in the course of right and left ventricular function in a patient with dilative cardiomyopathy |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 175-179 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - 1985 |