Left ventricular true and false aneurysms identified by cardiovascular magnetic resonance
| Autor: | Dhrubo Rakhit, S K Ohri, Stephen Harden, S Gill |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Chest Pain Case Report Chest pain Magnetic resonance angiography Electrocardiography Ventricular Dysfunction Left Aneurysm Internal medicine medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Myocardial infarction cardiovascular diseases Heart Aneurysm medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Ventricle Cardiology cardiovascular system Female Radiology medicine.symptom business Aneurysm False Magnetic Resonance Angiography |
| Popis: | Left ventricular aneurysms are uncommon complications of myocardial infarction. However, it is important to identify them because they are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. True aneurysms tend to be managed conservatively whereas false aneurysms, because of the risk of rupture, are usually treated with urgent surgery. Distinguishing these two subtypes is therefore critical and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (MR) is being used more frequently to characterise the type of aneurysm as well as to provide clear three-dimensional images of aneurysm morphology. We present a very rare case of a true and a false aneurysm of the left ventricle in the same patient. MR enabled accurate delineation of both aneurysms and the late gadolinium-enhancement images provided evidence confirming both true and false aneurysms to be present. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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