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Primary Outcome Assessment in a Pig Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Published on: October 14, 2016
Acute myocardial infarction complication diagnosed by three-dimensional echocardiography
João Silva Marques1, Cláudia Jorge, Susana Robalo Martins
1Department of Cardiology I, CHLN,EPE- Hospital de Santa Maria, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, Lisbon, Portugal. silvamarques.j@gmail.com
Abstract:
Transthoracic echocardiography is the modality of choice for the bedside diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction mechanical complications. We report the case of a ventricular septal rupture occurring soon after inferior myocardial infarction, revascularized by primary angioplasty. This challenging diagnosis was elucidated by 3D-echocardiography as 2D-imaging was not conclusive. This case demonstrates the importance of 3D-echocardiography in a cardiac intensive care setting. It provided additional information to 2D-echocardiography by identifying and locating post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) septal rupture with implications for planning surgery.
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