Left ventricular apical dyskinesis

What it means

Dyskinesis is used to describe ventricular muscle segments that bulge outside the left ventricular cavity during systole, as opposed to contracting inwards with the rest of the segments.

Rare diseases that can present with this1

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category