A halo in the heart during coronary angiography: calcified left ventricular aneurysm with thrombus formation.
A 74-year-old man presented with chest pain and dyspnoea at the cardiology outpatient clinic. His past medical history included an anterior myocardial infarction in 2008. In the coronary angiogram, a 'halo image' was seen right after the injection of the contrast agent, and it corresponded with the location of the left ventricular aneurysm. A calcified left ventricular aneurysm with mural thrombus was confirmed with cardiac MRI and a CT scan.
Fotbolcu
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Goztepe Medical Park Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey. hakan_fotbolcu@yahoo.com
Ozden
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Sengul
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Duman
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Dindar
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D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed