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Transesophageal Color Doppler Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Cardiac Rupture Following Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
RAO ARUN,
GARIMELLA SATYA,
NANDA NAVIN C.,
CHUNG SANGMAN
Publication year - 1996
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.1540-8175.1996.tb00902.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , ventricle , cardiology , color doppler , cardiac rupture , pseudoaneurysm , doppler effect , electrocardiography in myocardial infarction , radiology , complication , ultrasonography , physics , astronomy
This report describes a case of cardiac rupture following acute myocardial infarction accurately diagnosed by transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography, which showed a very narrow transmural tract from the left ventricle into the pseudoaneurysm cavity. Such a small, slitlike rupture would most likely have been missed by an otherwise routine transesophageal examination, and we stress the importance of color Doppler interrogation in its accurate diagnosis.

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