Natural history of spontaneous aortic intramural hematoma progression: Six years follow-up with cardiovascular magnetic resonance
✍ Scribed by Xiaohai Ma; Zhaoqi Zhang; Zhanming Fan; Lei Zhao; Jing Yu
- Book ID
- 104498056
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 691 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6647
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✦ Synopsis
We described a 6 years follow-up of a spontaneous aortic intramural hematoma (IMH) with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) examination. Since multiple factors may play roles in the natural history of IMH, the patient experienced the course of progression, which included hematoma absorption, ulcer-like lesion, aneurysm and limited dissection. The initial and follow-up CMR examination included 3D CE MRA and non-enhanced "bright blood" pulse sequence. The inherent advantage of outstanding contrast with plain scan, which shorten the scan time and avoid potential risk of contrast agent, might make the fast gradient echo sequence as an alternative method when following stable IMH.