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Case Reports
. 2005 Apr;91(4):e24.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.047183.

Aborted myocardial infarction: a clinical-magnetic resonance correlation

G Tarantini  1 , A Ramondo, S Iliceto
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Case Reports

Aborted myocardial infarction: a clinical-magnetic resonance correlation

G Tarantini et al. Heart. 2005 Apr.

Abstract

This report illustrates a magnetic resonance image of aborted myocardial infarction after primary angioplasty. Myocardial oedema in the absence of late enhancement seems to be the magnetic resonance marker of the myocardium at risk of infarction that has been reperfused within 30 minutes and aborted in the clinic.

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Figure 1
Coronary angiographies (main pictures) and 12 lead ECG (windows) (A) showing acute intrastent thrombosis of the left descending artery (arrow) and (B) after percutaneous coronary intervention. (C) magnetic resonance imaging three days after the acute event in long axis view shows an area of late enhancement in the inferolateral wall compatible with the old myocardial infarction (thick arrow) and a spot of minimal hyperenhancement (“necrosette”) in the mid-segment of the anterior septum (thin arrow). A significant area of oedema is visible in T2 weighted images in the (D) long axis and (E) short axis.
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