TRANSESOPHAGEAL COLOR DOPPLER-ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC RUPTURE FOLLOWING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

Authors
RAO A GARIMELLA S NANDA NC CHUNG SM
Citation
A. Rao et al., TRANSESOPHAGEAL COLOR DOPPLER-ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC RUPTURE FOLLOWING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, Echocardiography, 13(3), 1996, pp. 309-312
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
07422822
Volume
13
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
309 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0742-2822(1996)13:3<309:TCDDOC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
This report describes a case of cardiac rupture following acute myocar dial infarction accurately diagnosed by transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography, which showed a very narrow transmural tract fi om th e left ventricle into the pseudoaneurysm cavity. Such a small, slitlik e rupture would most likely have been, missed by an otherwise routine transesophageal examination, and we stress the importance of color Dop pler interrogation in its accurate diagnosis.