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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
CMR unmasks a right ventricular embolic infarction pattern in MINOCA
Giacomo Maria Viani1, Silan Aka2, Alejandro Rodríguez Pérez2
1Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino - Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland. giacomo.viani@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) requires advanced imaging for etiological clarification. In a 76-year-old man initially suspected of myocarditis, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) revealed right ventricular and inferoseptal embolic myocardial infarction with microvascular obstruction (MVO). Subsequent detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation supported coronary embolism as the underlying mechanism, directly impacting diagnosis and management.
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