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Three‐Dimensional Echocardiography of Post‐Myocardial Infarction Cardiac Rupture
Author(s) -
Puri Timothy,
Liu Zheng,
Doddamani Sanjay,
Coon Patrick D.,
Entwistle John W.C.,
Strong Michael,
Vannan Mani
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.03085.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , cardiac rupture , radiology
Ventricular septal defects and pseudoaneurysms are two serious complications of acute myocardial infarction and are associated with a high mortality if not surgically treated. Two‐dimensional echocardiography provides excellent diagnostic information in such cases, but three‐dimensional echocardiography may provide superior anatomic data of these potentially fatal complications. We describe two cases in which three‐dimensional echocardiography provided incremental morphological information. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 21, April 2004)