Bernheim effect
12 March 2010
- Right ventricular failure occurring due to the mechanical obstruction caused by the bulging of the ventricular septum into the right ventricle
- First described by Bernheim in 1910
- Can occur due to
- hypertrophy of the ventricular septum (as in aortic stenosis)
- septal aneurysm (following infarction)
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