Publications by authors named "Gian Marco Dacquino"
Article Synopsis
- - A patient experienced an acute heart attack (myocardial infarction) and cardiogenic shock due to previously undetected infection of a bioprosthetic aortic valve (endocarditis) without any blocked coronary arteries.
- - The doctors found that the heart issue was most likely caused by external pressure from an abscess around the valve, which was later confirmed during an autopsy.
- - This case highlights the importance of considering coronary artery compression as a possible cause in patients with heart issues related to infective endocarditis, even though it's rare.
Objectives: To investigate the prognostic role of early post-infarction cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) on long-term risk stratification of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).
Methods: Seventy-seven STEMI patients treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and LVEF > 50% at CMR were included. The median time between STEMI and CMR was 5 days (IQR 2-8).
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has an emerging role in aortic valve disease evaluation, becoming an all-in-one technique. CMR evaluation of the anatomy and flow through the aortic valve has a higher reproducibility than echocardiography. Its unique ability of myocardial tissue characterization, significantly improves the risk stratification and management of patients.
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