Key result
Ultrastructural analysis of resected myocardium following ventriculo-myotomy in a patient with obstructive cardiomyopathy revealed dissociation of the intercalated disc.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report provides ultrastructural evidence of intercalated disc dissociation in obstructive cardiomyopathy, supporting the concept of 'disease of the intercalated disc'.
Supports intercalated disc dissociation as a feature of obstructive cardiomyopathy; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
A cace of obstructive cardiomyopathy has been presented. A pressure gradient was evident across the outflow tract of both ventricles under resting condition. Angiocardiography showed marked hypertrophy of the interventricular septum which bulged into the right ventricle as well as into the left. Ventriculo-myotomy was carried out to relieve the obstruction. Special attention was directed to the ultrastructural findings of the resected myocardium, which showed dissociation of the intercalated disc. The condition offers addition-al support to the concept of "disease of the intercalated disc".
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Sasayama et al. (1971) conducted a case report in Obstructive cardiomyopathy (n=1). Ventriculo-myotomy was evaluated on Ultrastructural findings of resected myocardium. Ultrastructural analysis of resected myocardium following ventriculo-myotomy in a patient with obstructive cardiomyopathy revealed dissociation of the intercalated disc.
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