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Cardiac magnetic resonance provides highly effective anatomical and functional characterization of left ventricular outpouchings to differentiate between aneurysms and diverticula.
Cardiac magnetic resonance is helpful in the anatomical and functional characterization of left ventricular outpouchings to differentiate between aneurysm and diverticulum.
CMR may aid differentiation of LV outpouchings in select cases; leaves open prospective validation before broader adoption.
The differential diagnosis between left ventricular aneurysm and diverticulum remains a matter of debate. Cardiac magnetic resonance is dramatically helpful in the anatomical and functional characterization of the walls of any angiographical left ventricular outpouching.
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Andò et al. (2008) studied this question. Cardiac magnetic resonance provides highly effective anatomical and functional characterization of left ventricular outpouchings to differentiate between aneurysms and diverticula.
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