Key result
Three-dimensional echocardiography provided incremental morphological information over two-dimensional echocardiography in two cases of post-myocardial infarction cardiac rupture.
Why the study?
Does three-dimensional echocardiography provide superior anatomic data compared to two-dimensional echocardiography in patients with post-myocardial infarction cardiac rupture?
Case Report (n=2)
Does three-dimensional echocardiography provide superior anatomic data compared to two-dimensional echocardiography in patients with post-myocardial infarction cardiac rupture?
Three-dimensional echocardiography can provide superior anatomic data and incremental morphological information for potentially fatal post-myocardial infarction complications like ventricular septal defects and pseudoaneurysms.
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Hypothesis-generating for three-dimensional echocardiography in post-MI rupture; larger prospective studies needed before clinical adoption.
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.
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Puri et al. (2004) conducted a case report in Post-myocardial infarction cardiac rupture (n=2). Three-dimensional echocardiography vs. Two-dimensional echocardiography was evaluated on Incremental morphological information. Three-dimensional echocardiography provided incremental morphological information over two-dimensional echocardiography in two cases of post-myocardial infarction cardiac rupture.
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