Magnetic resonance imaging-based management of silent cardiac rupture

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Mar;149(3):e31-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.11.013. Epub 2014 Nov 11.

Authors

Andrea Giuseppe Porto¹, Elisa McAlindon², Raimondo Ascione³, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular MRI Unit, Bristol Heart Institute, NIHR Cardiovascular BRU, Bristol, United Kingdom. Electronic address: portoandrea@hotmail.it.
² Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular MRI Unit, Bristol Heart Institute, NIHR Cardiovascular BRU, Bristol, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bristol Heart Institute, NIHR Cardiovascular BRU, Bristol, United Kingdom.

PMID: 25483899
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.11.013

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Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Contrast Media
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis
Heart Aneurysm / etiology
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / diagnosis*
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / etiology
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / physiopathology
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / surgery
Humans
Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction / complications
Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Severity of Illness Index
Stroke Volume
Systole
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
Ventricular Function, Left

Substances

Contrast Media