Acute anterior myocardial infarction seen on conventional iodine-contrast CT
Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is based on clinical symptoms of chest pain and dyspnea in combination with electrocardiographic changes and a raise in myocardial-specific biomarkers. Imaging is by echocardiography and magnetic resonance. The preferred technique for identification of...
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| author | Christian Hagdrup, MD Peter Sommer Ulriksen, MD Per Lav Madsen, MD, DMSc |
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| description | Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is based on clinical symptoms of chest pain and dyspnea in combination with electrocardiographic changes and a raise in myocardial-specific biomarkers. Imaging is by echocardiography and magnetic resonance. The preferred technique for identification of previous myocardial infarction (MI) is magnetic resonance imaging with late gadolinium technique, but in the acute patient echocardiography is applied. In selected cases, important information can be obtained from other imaging modalities. We describe a case of a patient first suspected of an abdominal catastrophe in whom acute MI was diagnosed from a computerized tomography (CT) scan with iodine contrast. Our case together with a few other cases reported in the literature demonstrate that contrast enhancement of the myocardium can be important to follow in the acute patient because the CT scans sometimes give a unique opportunity to recognize findings consistent with MI even though the CT scan was performed for another reason. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ec0b97109754837aa1faebb0be60dde2022-12-21T19:06:13ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332017-09-0112363563710.1016/j.radcr.2017.05.010Acute anterior myocardial infarction seen on conventional iodine-contrast CTChristian Hagdrup, MD0Peter Sommer Ulriksen, MD1Per Lav Madsen, MD, DMSc2Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Copenhagen, DenmarkDiagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is based on clinical symptoms of chest pain and dyspnea in combination with electrocardiographic changes and a raise in myocardial-specific biomarkers. Imaging is by echocardiography and magnetic resonance. The preferred technique for identification of previous myocardial infarction (MI) is magnetic resonance imaging with late gadolinium technique, but in the acute patient echocardiography is applied. In selected cases, important information can be obtained from other imaging modalities. We describe a case of a patient first suspected of an abdominal catastrophe in whom acute MI was diagnosed from a computerized tomography (CT) scan with iodine contrast. Our case together with a few other cases reported in the literature demonstrate that contrast enhancement of the myocardium can be important to follow in the acute patient because the CT scans sometimes give a unique opportunity to recognize findings consistent with MI even though the CT scan was performed for another reason.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043317301851Acute myocardial infarctionMagnetic resonance imagingComputerized tomographyIschemic heart diseaseIodine-contrast CT |
| spellingShingle | Christian Hagdrup, MD Peter Sommer Ulriksen, MD Per Lav Madsen, MD, DMSc Acute anterior myocardial infarction seen on conventional iodine-contrast CT Radiology Case Reports Acute myocardial infarction Magnetic resonance imaging Computerized tomography Ischemic heart disease Iodine-contrast CT |
| title | Acute anterior myocardial infarction seen on conventional iodine-contrast CT |
| title_full | Acute anterior myocardial infarction seen on conventional iodine-contrast CT |
| title_fullStr | Acute anterior myocardial infarction seen on conventional iodine-contrast CT |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute anterior myocardial infarction seen on conventional iodine-contrast CT |
| title_short | Acute anterior myocardial infarction seen on conventional iodine-contrast CT |
| title_sort | acute anterior myocardial infarction seen on conventional iodine contrast ct |
| topic | Acute myocardial infarction Magnetic resonance imaging Computerized tomography Ischemic heart disease Iodine-contrast CT |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043317301851 |
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