Abstract
Most acute complications of myocardial infarction do not need emergency imaging, since they often result in death prior to hospital admission: Ventricular fibrillation and tachycardia, papillary muscle or septal rupture, fissuration and tamponade. Imaging can play a role at distance of the acute phase (papillary muscle dysfunction, false aneurysm, development of a mural thrombus associated to left ventricular apical dyskinesis, with potential embolic complications).
Translated title of the contribution | Complications of myocardial infarction |
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Original language | French |
Pages (from-to) | 1687-1693 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal de Radiologie |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 10 I |
State | Published - Oct 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aneurysm, cardiac
- Heart, cardiomyopathy
- Heart, CT
- Heart, MR
- Myocardium, infarction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology