Diagnosis of subacute cardiac rupture by contrast echocardiography.
We report two cases of subacute cardiac rupture after myocardial infarction in which contrast echocardiography combined with intermittent pulsing technique was helpful to diagnose small leakage from left ventricle.
Uno
Kansei
K
Department of Computational Diagnostic Radiology and Preventive Medicine, Hospital of the University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. yang-tky@umin.ac.jp <yang-tky@umin.ac.jp>
Takenaka
Katsu
K
Asada
Kenichi
K
Ebihara
Aya
A
Sasaki
Kazuno
K
Komuro
Takako
T
Nagai
Ryozo
R
Motomura
Noboru
N
Ono
Minoru
M
Takamoto
Shinichi
S
D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged