Flip-Flop Heart Mayo Clinic Proceedings Amrut V. Ambardekar, MD, Mori J. Krantz, MD Mayo Clinic Proceedings Volume 85, Issue 1, (January 2010) DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2009.0627 Copyright © 2010 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 Electrocardiogram at the time of presentation with evidence of electrical alternans. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2010 85, DOI: (10.4065/mcp.2009.0627) Copyright © 2010 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 2 Echocardiographic images obtained from consecutive cardiac cycles revealed a nearly 90° rotation of the heart from beat to beat (top and bottom). There was evidence of right ventricular collapse in end-diastole as noted by the asterisk. LA = left atrium; LV = left ventricle; Pe = pericardial effusion; rV = right ventricle. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2010 85, DOI: (10.4065/mcp.2009.0627) Copyright © 2010 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions