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Different mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction

Bhavin Jankharia

May 9, 2024 — 1 min read

A recent JACC Seminar has 5 papers that discuss the various mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction, all of which can be evaluated with cardiac MRI.

These include

Right ventricular infarct
Severe mitral regurgitation
Ventricular septal rupture
Ventricular free wall rupture
Left ventricular aneurysm.

This video discusses the CMR appearances of each of these complications with cases.

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