Computed tomography diagnosis of myocardial infarction in a patient with normal initial cardiac biomarkers
β Scribed by Mai Vi H. Hoang; Ken F. Linnau; Edward A. Gill; Bruce E. Lehnert; Lorenzo Mannelli
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1070-3004
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## Background: Cardiac computed tomography (cct) has the potential to assess both coronary anatomy and ventricular function in a single study. we examined the agreement between cct and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (mps) for the assessment of global and regional ventricular function. ## Method
A 46-year-old female presented with an acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest. Coronary angiography revealed an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery coursing between the aorta and pulmonary artery. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the life-threatening nature of this anomaly and