[Saved myocardium in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction post-reperfusion: Analysis by cardiac magnetic resonance].

Objective: To quantify by cardiovascular magnetic resonance the salvaged myocardium in the myocardium supplied by the infarct-related artery in reperfused and non-reperfused patients with a first ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

Patients And Method: Twenty-five patients with a first STEMI (non-reperfused, ten patients; thrombolysis, ten patients; primary angioplasty, five patients) underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging 3 to 6 days after coronary angiography. Myocardial salvage and myocardial salvage index were quantified.

[Takotsubo syndrome associated with an earthquake. report of two cases].

Takotsubo syndrome is an acute heart disease usually triggered by significant emotional or physical stress, very occasionally described in association with natural disasters such as earthquakes. Clinically, it simulates an acute myocardial infarction with similar symptoms, laboratory tests, and electrocardiographic changes. Coronary angiography shows the absence of significant coronary disease.

[Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of acute myocarditis mimicking a myocardial infarction].

Background: Acute myocarditis frequently mimics an acute myocardial infarction, and its diagnosis is a clinical challenge.

Aim: To describe the characteristics of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with acute myocarditis hospitalized with a diagnosis of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-four patients aged 33 ± 11 years (21 men) with a definitive diagnosis of acute myocarditis hospitalized with a presumptive diagnosis of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, in whom a coronary angiogram excluded significant atherosclerotic coronary lesions, were included.

[Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with a suspected myocardial infarction and normal coronary arteries].

Background: Patients hospitalized with suspected ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who have normal coronary arteries (CAs) on invasive coronary angiography (ICA) may have an AMI or another acute cardiac disease that mimics it.

Aim: To evaluate the usefulness of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) for diagnosing conditions resembling AMI with normal CAs.

Material And Methods: We studied 424 consecutive patients admitted with suspected STEMI who underwent ICA.