Endomyocardial Fibrosis Associated With Myocardial Infarction.

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is the most common cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy in Africa and South America. We present a case of a 55-year-old man who experienced an anterior myocardial infarction due to thrombotic occlusion of the left anterior descending artery. Multimodality imaging revealed left ventricular (LV) apical obliteration, apical thrombus, and subendocardial fibrosis, without significant systolic dysfunction, consistent with EMF.

Late Gadolinium Enhancement by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Cardiac Complications in Chagas Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review.

Background: Chagas cardiomyopathy (CC) increases cardiovascular mortality associated with congestive heart failure (CHF), ventricular arrhythmias (VA), and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Different imaging techniques have been tested to assess disease progression and cardiac risk in individuals with Chagas disease (ChD). In this systematic review, we evaluated the accuracy in detecting cardiac complications in CC patients using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE).