Segmental asynergy of the left ventricle in a case of tight aortic stenosis associated with mild ischemic heart disease

Jpn Circ J. 1992 Oct;56(10):1032-4. doi: 10.1253/jcj.56.1032.

Abstract

Emergency aortic valve replacement with double aorto-coronary bypass surgery was performed to treat severe intractable congestive heart failure in an 82-year-old man. Mild circumflex and left anterior descending artery lesions were present and the pressure gradient across the aortic valve was 80 mmHg despite a low cardiac output. The preoperative anteroseptal akinesia seen by two-dimensional echocardiography was normalized after surgery. Thus, even in patients with segmental left ventricular dysfunction, tight aortic stenosis might be present when concomitant mild ischemic heart disease is present.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aortic Valve / surgery
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Contraction
  • Myocardial Ischemia / complications*
  • Myocardial Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Function, Left*