title: Unexplained Cardiac Arrest After Near Drowning in a Young Experienced Swimmer: Insight from Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
abstract: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) is a well-established noninvasive imaging modality in clinical cardiology. Its ability to provide tissue characterization make it well suited for the study of patients with cardiac diseases. We describe a multi-modality imaging evaluation of a 45-year-old man who experienced a near drowning event during swimming. We underline the unique capability of tissue characterization provided by cMRI, which allowed detection of subtle, clinically unrecognizable myocardial damage for understanding the causes of sudden cardiac arrest and also showed the small damages caused by cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy-Radiology Division, "G. d'Annunzio" University, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mantini
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy-Radiology Division, "G. d'Annunzio" University, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Messalli
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Intensive Care and Interventional Cardiology Unit, Santo Spirito Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paloscia
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy-Radiology Division, "G. d'Annunzio" University, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mastrodicasa
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Francone
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Intensive Care and Interventional Cardiology Unit, Santo Spirito Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mascellanti
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Intensive Care and Interventional Cardiology Unit, Santo Spirito Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Alleva
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy-Radiology Division, "G. d'Annunzio" University, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raffaele Cotroneo
keywords: Cardiopulmonary Arrest; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Magnetic Resonance