title: Acute myocardial infarction in early pregnancy: definition of myocardium at risk with noncontrast T2-weighted cardiac magnetic resonance.
abstract: We report a case of a 34-year-old woman who had a left anterior wall myocardial infarction develop in the first trimester of pregnancy. Despite urgent and successful revascularization, she demonstrated persistent segmental wall motion abnormalities by transthoracic echocardiography. To manage this patient safely through pregnancy with a better definition of myocardium at risk, a cardiac magnetic resonance examination was performed. This identified a large territory of acutely edematous myocardium in addition to providing accurate volumetric measurements of left ventricular size and function. Because of her gravid state, gadolinium was not administered nor was it required to delineate the region of myocardium at risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine The Ross Heart Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Ali N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Zaidi
authors.forename: Subha V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D012307:Risk Factors