Cardiac CT and MRI guide surgery in impending left ventricular rupture after acute myocardial infarction |
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| Authors: | Jens Vogel-Claussen Jan Skrok Elliot K Fishman João AC Lima Ashish S Shah David A Bluemke |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;(2) Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;(3) Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;(4) Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA |
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| Abstract: | We report the case of a 67 year-old patient who presented with worsening chest pain and shortness of breath, four days post acute myocardial infarction. Contrast enhanced computed tomography of the chest ruled out a pulmonary embolus but revealed an unexpected small subepicardial aneurysm (SEA) in the lateral left ventricular wall which was confirmed on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Intraoperative palpation of the left lateral wall was guided by the cardiac MRI and CT findings and confirmed the presence of focally thinned and weakened myocardium, covered by epicardial fat. An aneurysmorrhaphy was subsequently performed in addition to coronary bypass surgery and a mitral valve repair. The patient was discharged home on post operative day eight in good condition and is feeling well 2 years after surgery. |
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