Transesophageal Color Doppler Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Cardiac Rupture Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.
This report describes a case of cardiac rupture following acute myocardial infarction accurately diagnosed by transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography, which showed a very narrow transmural tract from the left ventricle into the pseudoaneurysm cavity. Such a small, slitlike rupture would most likely have been missed by an otherwise routine transesophageal examination, and we stress the importance of color Doppler interrogation in its accurate diagnosis. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 13, May 1996)
Rao
Arun
A
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heart Station SW/S102, 619 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233.
Garimella
Satya
S
Nanda
Navin C.
NC
Chung
Sang-Man
SM