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Case Reports
. 2022 Mar 4;18(1):1-6.
doi: 10.14797/mdcvj.1073. eCollection 2022.

Multimodality Imaging of a Silent Killer

Ola Abdelkarim  1 , Yehia Saleh  1 , Summit Pandat  1 , Mouaz Al-Mallah  1
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Case Reports

Multimodality Imaging of a Silent Killer

Ola Abdelkarim et al. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. .

Abstract

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Keywords: cardiac computed tomography; cardiac fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; cardiomyopathy; myocardial infarction.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Al-Mallah is a consultant for Pfizer, Philips, and Siemens. The other authors have no disclosures.

Figures

ECG exertional dyspnea & fatigue
Figure 1
Electrocardiogram of patient presenting with exertional dyspnea and fatigue.
CT bilobed posterolateral left ventricular pseudoaneurysm
Figure 2
Computed tomography showing a large bilobed posterolateral left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
3-D CT reconstructed bilobed posterolateral LV pseudoaneurysm
Figure 3
3-dimensional reconstructed computed tomography showing a large bilobed posterolateral left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
CT large bilobed posterolateral left ventricular pseudoaneurysm
Figure 4
Computed tomography done prior to the atrial fibrillation ablation did not show a pseudoaneurysm.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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