Why the study?
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a potentially life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction where timely diagnosis is crucial to improve prognosis.
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is a valuable tool in the multimodality diagnostic approach for detecting left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following acute myocardial infarction.
CMR may unmask occult LV pseudoaneurysms after recent MI; leaves open systematic postinfarct imaging protocols.
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a potentially life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction. Timely diagnosis is crucial to improve the patient’s prognosis. We describe a multimodality diagnostic approach with emphasis on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm found surreptitiously in 72-year-old man 2 weeks following an acute myocardial infarction. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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