Left bundle branch block may serve as an important indicator for asymptomatic individuals predisposed to heart failure.

This means the heart muscle cannot contract strongly enough to pump blood efficiently. Doctors evaluate DCM by measuring left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). In DCM, the LVEF is less than 40%.

Dilated Cardiomyopathy is a heart muscle disease that starts in the left ventricle and affects the pumping chamber. The ventricle in such case is not able to pump blood properly through it because ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband is 73 and was diagnosed with heart failure and a severely dilated left ventricle. At the time, he was pumping 10 liters per minute. He had a proBNP natriuretic peptide ...

Ventricular Restoration Seen to Augment CABG Benefit in Dilated Cardiomyopathy - Medscape - Feb 01, 2008. Authors and Disclosures Authors and Disclosures Author (s) Steve Stiles ...

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) happens when the left ventricle – the heart’s main pumping chamber – becomes enlarged and weakened. This reduces the heart’s ability to pump blood – and in ...

My daughter who is 6 months pregnant went for a sonar yesterday. Her gynae told her that the sonar shows her baby has a dilated left ventricle in the brain. Can this condition cause brain damage? What ...

Transthoracic echocardiography (Figure 1B) revealed a dilated left ventricle with an end-diastolic dimension of 60 mm (normal range, 42 to 58) and an ejection fraction of 35% (normal range, 55 to ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband is 73 and was diagnosed with heart failure and a severely dilated left ventricle. At the time, he was pumping 10 liters per minute. He had a proBNP natriuretic peptide ...

Echocardiography showed a dilated left ventricle with a dyskinetic septum and mild-to-moderate right ventricular hypokinesis. Hemodialysis was initiated to reduce pulmonary vascular resistance.