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Pseudo-alternans of Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure

A Case Report

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York

Alan Feit

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York

The authors report a case of left ventricular end diastolic pressure alternans without systolic alternans in a patient with bradycardia and tachypnea. This is an artifact due to the heart rate falling in a 2:1 ratio to the respiratory cycle. Alternation of left ventricular end diastolic pressure should be interpreted carefully in patients with bradycardia.

Angiology, Vol. 46, No. 8, 739-742 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979504600814


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