Type:
Poster Presentation
Keywords:
Cardiac, Cardiovascular system, MR, Diagnostic procedure, Ischaemia / Infarction
Authors:
V. Pineda, S. Roche, H. Cuéllar, J. Figueras; Barcelona/ES
Methods and Materials
We reviewed the imaging findings of patients referred for suspected cardiac rupture over the last 8 years at our institution.
MRI examinations included a black blood T2-weighted single-shot fast spin-echo sequence,
cine MRI steady-state free precession sequence,
and delayed contrast-enhanced MRI.
It is our contention that a better definition of the anatomical characteristics of these patients with cardiac magnetic resonance would be of theoretical and practical relevance for they represent a high risk cohort.
In fact,
cardiac magnetic resonance is the technique of choice to describe the characteristics of the infarcted tissue due to its high correlation with histopathological studies,
including cases of cardiac rupture.