Adipose Tissue Detected by Multislice Computed Tomography in Patients After Myocardial Infarction

Multislice spiral computed tomography of subacute myocardial infarction.

A62-year-old man presented to our emergency room with severe retrosternal pain. An ECG showed an acute lateral myocardial infarction, and the patient was referred for cardiac catheterization. One and a half hours after the onset of acute chest pain, coronary angiography revealed a thrombotic occlusion of the intermedial branch of the left coronary artery. Mechanical recanalization of the infarc...

Ventricular septum rupture after myocardial infarction demonstrated by multislice computed tomography.

A71-year-old man was referred to the emergency department of our hospital for chest pain associated with intense interscapular pain. At presentation, a significant difference in systolic/diastolic blood pressure between the left and right arm was measured, and shortly thereafter, the patient developed severe hypotension. Accordingly, multislice computed tomography (MSCT) of the chest was perfor...

Isolated left coronary ostial occlusion detected by multislice computed tomography

Coronary graft patency after perioperative myocardial infarction: a study with multislice computed tomography.

A total of 55 consecutive patients who experienced perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) after coronary artery bypass grafting were studied using multislice computed tomography (MSCT) angiography to evaluate for graft patency. The MSCT detected acute graft occlusion in 23% grafts. Of the 55 patients, 40% patients had occluded grafts and perioperative MI in the area of the grafted vessels; re...

Detection of myocardial infarction by delayed contrast-enhanced multislice computed tomography.

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