title: Detection of pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle by fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition (FIESTA) magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: This report highlights the importance of interpretating images throughout the course of a dobutamine MRI stress test. Upon review of the baseline images, the left ventricular (LV) endocardium was not well seen due to flow artifacts associated with low intracavitary blood-flow velocity resulting from a prior myocardial infarction. Physicians implemented a cine fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition (FIESTA) technique that was not subject to low flow artifact within the LV cavity. With heightened image clarity, physicians unexpectedly identified a LV pseudoaneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, (Bowman Gray Campus), Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1045, USA. prerkpat@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: Pairoj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rerkpattanapipat
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mazur
authors.forename: Kerry M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Link
authors.forename: Hollins P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: W Gregory
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Hundley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis*; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis