Heart wall motion abnormalities are disturbances in the contractile function of the heart. They are classified as regional wall abnormality and global wall abnormality. Myocardial ischemia, infarction, coronary vasospasm, myocarditis, cardiac tumors, cardiac contusions, septic shock, valvular heart disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, etc., are the cause of this abnormality.
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I am diagnosed as hypertensive. Is it causing my LVH?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 40-year-old male with a weight of 216 pounds and a height of six feet. I felt choking last month and I rushed to the hospital. It was there I got to know that my blood pressure was very high. In fact, I have been hypertensive for some time now. I did a series of tests including ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You are not likely to drop dead. You are hypertensive for a long time and that is why you are having left ventricular hypertrophy due to left ventricular remodeling. If you control your hypertension there can be reverse remodeling of your heart and your LV (left vent... Read Full »
Please check and explain about my dads echocardiography.
Query: Hello doctor, My dad underwent echocardiography. The LVEF % which used to be in the range of 45 % earlier has dropped to 30 % to 35 % range. He had an episode of VT before two years and had ICD embedded. I am attaching his earlier and latest report. Please explain. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through his reports (attachment removed to protect the patient's identity). Wall motion abnormality is seen in the echo report of your father. The heart is supplied by three arteries LAD, RCA, and LCX that is, left anterior descending artery, right cor... Read Full »
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