title: Diagnosis of subacute cardiac rupture by contrast echocardiography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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>
authors.forename: Kansei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uno
authors.forename: Katsu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asada
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ebihara
authors.forename: Kazuno
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komuro
authors.forename: Ryozo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Motomura
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamoto
mesh_terms: 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