Unexplained Cardiac Arrest After Near Drowning in a Young Experienced Swimmer: Insight from Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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 ma...

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Autores principales: Mantini, Cesare, Messalli, Giancarlo, Paloscia, Leonardo, Mastrodicasa, Domenico, Francone, Marco, Mascellanti, Marco, D’Alleva, Alberto, Raffaele Cotroneo, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2016
Materias:
Cardiac Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27895877
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.36779
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Sumario: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.

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