scholarly journals Perioperative Venous Excess Ultrasound Score (VExUS) to Guide Decongestion in a Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patient Presenting for Urgent Surgery

Cureus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keevan Singh ◽  
Randall Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Urgent Surgery ◽  
Cardiomyopathy Patient ◽  
Ultrasound Score

scholarly journals Life-saving ICD activation in a high-risk early heart failure dilated cardiomyopathy patient. Is it time to reconsider our primary prevention approach?

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos A. Gatzoulis ◽  
Petros Arsenos ◽  
Polychronis Dilaveris ◽  
Christos-Konstantinos Antoniou ◽  
Skevos Sideris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Cardiomyopathy Patient ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
Prevention Approach

scholarly journals Scar shape analysis and simulated electrical instabilities in a non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy patient cohort

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. e1007421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Balaban ◽  
Brian P. Halliday ◽  
Wenjia Bai ◽  
Bradley Porter ◽  
Carlotta Malvuccio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Shape Analysis ◽  
Patient Cohort ◽  
Cardiomyopathy Patient ◽  
Non Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Pregnancy-associated cardiomyopathy occurring in a young patient with nephropathic cystinosis

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun J. Ramappa ◽  
Jason R. Pyatt
Keyword(s):  
Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Unplanned Pregnancy ◽  
Patient Characteristics ◽  
Pathological Process ◽  
Premature Delivery ◽  
Nephropathic Cystinosis ◽  
Cardiomyopathy Patient ◽  
Caucasian Female

AbstractCystinosis is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterised by an intracellular accumulation of cystine leading to severe organ dysfunction. It affects renal function, has extra-renal complications but has rarely been associated with cardiac disease. Renal transplantation and cysteamine have dramatically improved the prognosis in the nephropathic form. We present the case of a young adult Caucasian female diagnosed with nephropathic cystinosis and receiving haemodialysis who subsequently developed dilated cardiomyopathy. She presented with acute cardiac failure occurring early after stillbirth following an unplanned pregnancy when her cysteamine had been stopped. Transthoracic echocardiography showed typical features of dilated cardiomyopathy which was absent on pre-pregnancy scans. Investigations failed to identify an underlying cause for her cardiomyopathy. She responded to conventional treatment and currently has had full recovery of her cardiac function confirmed on follow-up echocardiography. As cardiomyopathy rarely co-exists with cystinosis, we believe that this case represents pregnancy-associated cardiomyopathy rather than direct involvement by her cystinosis, particularly as a minority of pregnant patients with associated cardiomyopathy develop heart failure early before the conventional period for peripartum cardiomyopathy. Patient characteristics and maternal outcomes are similar, albeit with higher risk of premature delivery suggesting the same underlying pathological process.

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