An isolated left ventricular lesion associated with left ventricular tachycardia--arrhythmogenic "left" ventricular dysplasia?

M Okabe; K Fukuda; Y Nakashima; K Arakawa; M Kikuchi

doi:10.1253/jcj.59.49

An isolated left ventricular lesion associated with left ventricular tachycardia--arrhythmogenic "left" ventricular dysplasia?

Jpn Circ J. 1995 Jan;59(1):49-54. doi: 10.1253/jcj.59.49.

Authors

M Okabe¹, K Fukuda, Y Nakashima, K Arakawa, M Kikuchi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan.

PMID: 7752445
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.59.49

Abstract

We present a patient who had a localized myocardial lesion of the left ventricle. Major clinical sequelae were left ventricular tachycardia and heart failure. This case appears to represent a left-sided counterpart of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Ventricles / pathology
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / pathology