Blown Wide Open

Ashar Pirzada, MD; Ahmed T. Mokhtar, MBBS; Robbie Stewart, MD; Kim Styles, MD; Sarah Ramer, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Apr 2021)

Blown Wide Open

Ashar Pirzada, MD,
Ahmed T. Mokhtar, MBBS,
Robbie Stewart, MD,
Kim Styles, MD,
Sarah Ramer, MD

Affiliations

Ashar Pirzada, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Address for correspondence: Dr. Ashar Pirzada, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 1796 Summer Street, Room 2132, Halifax Infirmary, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3A7, Canada.
Ahmed T. Mokhtar, MBBS: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Robbie Stewart, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Kim Styles, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sarah Ramer, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 668 – 671

Abstract

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Mitral regurgitation can have varying hemodynamic parameters dependent on factors such as pressure gradients, exercise, and/or provocative maneuvers. We present a case of unusual dynamic mitral regurgitation resolved by coughing in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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