title: Spontaneous closure (thrombosis) of the intramyocardial dissection: 40-month follow-up.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical University Lodz, 1/5 Kniaziewicza, 91 347 Lodz, Poland. drozdz@ptkardio.pl
authors.forename: Jaroslaw
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drozdz
authors.forename: Jaroslaw D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kasprzak
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krzeminska-Pakula
mesh_terms: 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