Myocardial hypoenhancement in a case of acute coronary syndrome with normal coronary arteries: demonstration by 64-slice multidetector computed tomography |
| |
Authors: | Michinobu Nagao Hiroshi Matsuoka Hideo Kawakami Hiroshi Higashino Hideki Okayama Teruhito Mochizuki |
| |
Institution: | (1) Division of Neuroradiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA;(2) Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA |
| |
Abstract: | A 48-year-old man presented with severe chest pain that had started 2 h before and ST elevation on the electrocardiogram.
Cardiac computed tomography (CT) was performed using a 64-slice multidetector scanner (MDCT) to assess coronary artery stenosis
at 3 h after the onset. Coronary CT angiography showed no significant stenosis at the coronary arteries, but CT myocardial
images at systole demonstrated predominantly subendocardial hypoenhancement in the anterior wall. Cardiac CT that combined
coronary angiography and myocardial imaging demonstrated myocardial hypoenhancement in a case of acute coronary syndrome with
normal coronary arteries, which may be related to microvascular dysfunction caused by vasospastic angina or microvascular
angina. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|