Regional myocardial dysfunction during coronary angioplasty: Evaluation by two-dimensional echocardiography and 12 lead electrocardiography
Wohlgelernter D, Cleman M, Highman H, Fetterman R, Duncan J, Zaret B, Jaffe C. Regional myocardial dysfunction during coronary angioplasty: Evaluation by two-dimensional echocardiography and 12 lead electrocardiography. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1986, 7: 1245-1254. PMID: 2940283, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(86)80143-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular dysfunctionRegional left ventricular dysfunctionTwo-dimensional echocardiographyCoronary arteryVentricular dysfunctionCoronary angioplastyIschemic effectsBalloon inflationGroup BNormal left ventricular functionPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyLead electrocardiographic recordingsMagnitude of dysfunctionTransient total occlusionEvidence of ischemiaIschemic electrocardiographic changesTransluminal coronary angioplastyLeft ventricular functionLeft ventricular wall motionRegional myocardial dysfunctionWall motion abnormalitiesRecovery of functionRegional left ventricular wall motionOnset of dysfunctionVentricular wall motion