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Giant biventricular thrombi presenting with acute myocardial infarction
AbstractBiventricular thrombi secondary to anterior myocardial infarction is very rare. We present a patient with giant biventricular thrombi subsequent to an old anterior wall myocardial infarction, and devastating consequences, including acute pulmonary artery and femoral artery embolism. We introduce a unique case report with demonstrative and illustrative images
Association of electrocardiographic markers with myocardial fibrosis as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance in different clinical settings
BACKGROUND
Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a unique tool for non-invasive tissue characterization, especially for identifying fibrosis.
AIM
To present the existing data regarding the association of electrocardiographic (ECG) markers with myocardial fibrosis identified by CMR - late gadolinium enhancement (LGE).
METHODS
A systematic search was performed for identifying the relevant studies in Medline and Cochrane databases through February 2021. In addition, we conducted a relevant search by Reference Citation Analysis (RCA) (https://www.referencecitationanalysis.com).
RESULTS
A total of 32 studies were included. In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), fragmented QRS (fQRS) is related to the presence and extent of myocardial fibrosis. fQRS and abnormal Q waves are associated with LGE in ischemic cardiomyopathy patients, while fQRS has also been related to fibrosis in myocarditis. Selvester score, abnormal Q waves, and notched QRS have also been associated with LGE. Repolarization abnormalities as reflected by increased Tp-Te, negative T-waves, and higher QT dispersion are related to myocardial fibrosis in HCM patients. In patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a significant correlation between fQRS and the amount of myocardial fibrosis as assessed by LGE-CMR was observed. In atrial fibrillation patients, advanced inter-atrial block is defined as P-wave duration ≥ 120 ms, and biphasic morphology in inferior leads is related to left atrial fibrosis.
CONCLUSION
Myocardial fibrosis, a reliable marker of prognosis in a broad spectrum of cardiovascular diseases, can be easily understood with an easily applicable ECG. However, more data is needed on a specific disease basis to study the association of ECG markers and myocardial fibrosis as depicted by CMR
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Giant biventricular thrombi presenting with acute myocardial infarction
Biventricular thrombi secondary to anterior myocardial infarction is very rare. We present a patient with giant biventricular thrombi subsequent to an old anterior wall myocardial infarction, and devastating consequences, including acute pulmonary artery and femoral artery embolism. We introduce a unique case report with demonstrative and illustrative images