Multimodality Imaging of Right Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Caused by Blunt Chest Trauma

Right ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare but fatal complication of blunt chest trauma. Different imaging modalities including transthoracic echocardiogram, gated-CT angiography and cardiac MR can provide useful anatomic and functional information that can make the diagnosis and guide management. S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ansari-Gilani, Kianoush, Sabik, Ellen L., Sareyyupoglu, Basar, Gilkeson, Robert C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.08.006
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Sumario:Right ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare but fatal complication of blunt chest trauma. Different imaging modalities including transthoracic echocardiogram, gated-CT angiography and cardiac MR can provide useful anatomic and functional information that can make the diagnosis and guide management. Surgical treatment is needed to avoid fatal outcome. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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