Acute Myocardial Infarction with a Hemodynamic Pattern Resembling Constrictive Pericarditis

Toru KUBOTA; Tsutomu IMAIZUMI; Akiko CHISHAKI; Yasuo HAYASHI; Tetsuji INOU; Akira TAKESHITA

doi:10.1536/ihj.32.515

Toru KUBOTA, Tsutomu IMAIZUMI, Akiko CHISHAKI, Yasuo HAYASHI, Tetsuji INOU, Akira TAKESHITA

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Keywords: Dip and plateau pattern, Right ventricular infarction, Pericardium, Right atrial pacing, Volume challenge test

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1991 Volume 32 Issue 4 Pages 515-520

DOI https://doi.org/10.1536/ihj.32.515

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Abstract

A 49-year-old woman experienced acute myocardial infarction with a hemodynamic pattern resembling constrictive pericarditis. To clarify its mechanism, we performed right atrial pacing and volume challenge test during the chronic state. Although these two interventions elevated diastolic pressures of the both ventricles, the dip and plateau pattern was not reproduced. Factors other than ischemia may be important in producing a hemodynamic pattern resembling constrictive pericarditis in acute myocardial infarction.

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