Change of left ventricular "rigid body rotation" during dipyridamole-induced vasodilation: A case from the three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiographic MAGYAR-Stress Study

Attila Nemes; Gyula Szántó; Péter Domsik; Árpád Kormányos; Anita Kalapos; Nóra Ambrus; Tamás Forster

doi:10.1002/jcu.22498

Change of left ventricular "rigid body rotation" during dipyridamole-induced vasodilation: A case from the three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiographic MAGYAR-Stress Study

J Clin Ultrasound. 2018 Feb;46(2):152-156. doi: 10.1002/jcu.22498. Epub 2017 May 11.

Authors

Attila Nemes¹, Gyula Szántó¹, Péter Domsik¹, Árpád Kormányos¹, Anita Kalapos¹, Nóra Ambrus¹, Tamás Forster¹

Affiliation

¹ 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.

PMID: 28493475
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22498

Abstract

A patient with previous coronary stenting presented with stable angina and positive exercise treadmill test. Echocardiography with three-dimensional speckle-tracking demonstrated left ventricular rigid body rotation (near absence of left ventricular twist), whose characteristics changed dramatically during dipyridamole-induced vasodilatation. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 46:152-156, 2018.

Keywords: dipyridamole; echocardiography; left ventricular; rotation; stress; three-dimensional speckle tracking.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Dipyridamole
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Rotation
Vasodilation*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology*

Substances

Dipyridamole