Echocardiographic features of interventricular septal dissection in patients with Behçet's disease

Echocardiography. 2019 Feb;36(2):394-400. doi: 10.1111/echo.14235. Epub 2018 Dec 25.

Abstract

Involvement of the heart in Behçet's disease (BD) is rare. We retrospectively analyzed these three patients with interventricular septal (IVS) dissection in BD and discussed the echocardiographic manifestations of IVS dissections. In our patients, the echocardiographic characteristics of IVS dissection were echo-free space in the IVS basal segment or basal to middle segment, dilatation in the diastole and contraction in systole, and abnormal turbulent blood flow in the heart.

Keywords: Behçet's disease; echocardiography; interventricular septum dissection; perivalvular leak; prosthetic valve.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications*
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / complications*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / complications*
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / pathology
  • Ventricular Septum / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Septum / pathology