Spontaneous closure (thrombosis) of the intramyocardial dissection: 40-month follow-up.
Intramyocardial dissection is an uncommon complication of a myocardial infarction or blunt chest trauma created by a hematoma located between the layers of myocardial fibers. This report describes the clinical course, 2-dimensional, and 3-dimensional echocardiographic findings of an unusual case of the intramyocardial dissection.
Drozdz
Jaroslaw
J
Department of Cardiology, Medical University Lodz, 1/5 Kniaziewicza, 91 347 Lodz, Poland. drozdz@ptkardio.pl
Kasprzak
Jaroslaw D
JD
Krzeminska-Pakula
Maria
M
D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D015996:Survival Rate; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology