The use of scintigraphic studies in mid-ventricular obstructive cardiomyopathy to rule out pseudoaneurysm.
A "pseudo-pseudo" aneurysm of the left ventricle due to mid-ventricular obstruction from asymmetric septal hypertrophy is presented. A case of mid-ventricular hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (MVHOCM) was evaluated by means of echocardiography, angiocardiography, gated cardiac blood pool scanning, and a TI-201 myocardial scan. The gated cardiac blood pool scan appearance of MVHOCM is similar to pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle. TI-201 myocardial imaging, however, was able to distinguish between MVHOCM and pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle.
D000368:Aged; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013793:Thallium
D011868:Radioisotopes; D013793:Thallium