title: [Myocardial clefts: a report of four cases].
abstract: Current cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) techniques enable many heart defects, like myocardial clefts, to be detected. We present four clinical cases of myocardial clefts. Myocardial clefts are uncommon abnormalities that are found in both healthy individuals and patients with different heart problems. The etiopathogenesis is unknown, although several hypotheses have been proposed. Although myocardial clefts are usually discovered incidentally, it is important to be aware of their existence because they can cause systemic embolisms.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Radiodiagnóstico del Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España. selenatorga@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torga Sánchez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santamarta Liébana
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saiz Ayala
mesh_terms: D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging