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==Overview== | |||
Echocardiography is the most specific test for diagnosing systolic LV dysfunction in HIV infected patients with [[cardiomyopathy]]. | |||
==Echocardiography== | ==Echocardiography== | ||
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* [[Pericardial effusion]]s in [[pericarditis]] | * [[Pericardial effusion]]s in [[pericarditis]] | ||
* Ventricular dilatation in [[dilated cardiomyopathy]] ([[DCM]]) | * Ventricular dilatation in [[dilated cardiomyopathy]] ([[DCM]]) | ||
* [[LV dysfunction]] in [[heart failure]] | * [[LV dysfunction]] in [[heart failure]] (increased LV mass with low-normal or increased wall thickness and dilated LV) | ||
* [[right ventricular hypertrophy|Hypertrophied right ventricle]] in [[pulmonary hypertension]] | * [[right ventricular hypertrophy|Hypertrophied right ventricle]] in [[pulmonary hypertension]] | ||
* Vegetations in [[infective endocarditis]] | * Vegetations in [[infective endocarditis]] |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Echocardiography is the most specific test for diagnosing systolic LV dysfunction in HIV infected patients with cardiomyopathy.
Echocardiography
Possible echocardiographic findings in AIDS patients with cardiac involvement include:
- Pericardial effusions in pericarditis
- Ventricular dilatation in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)
- LV dysfunction in heart failure (increased LV mass with low-normal or increased wall thickness and dilated LV)
- Hypertrophied right ventricle in pulmonary hypertension
- Vegetations in infective endocarditis
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- Mitral valve prolapse