McConnell’s sign unveiled

✍ Scribed by Valentyna Ivanova; Mark Doyle; June Yamrozik; Ronald B Williams; Geetha Rayarao; Moneal Shah; Tariq Cheema; Robert W Biederman

• Book ID: 104499449
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 87 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6647
• DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-p88

✦ Synopsis

McConnell's sign is well described in echocardiography as a harbinger of severe RV failure and more extensive arterial thrombus burden but its mechanical basis has never been satifactorily defined despite multiple current theories. CMR RF tissue-tagging now unveils the mechanism.