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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular echography

"Where is the Heart?" When Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Helps if Echocardiography is Inconclusive.

Alessandro Caretta, Laura Anna Leo, Vera Lucia Paiocchi, Lorenzo Grazioli Gauthier, Francesco Fulvio Faletra, Tiziano Moccetti

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6 authors.

Alessandro CarettaFondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.
Laura Anna LeoFondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.
Vera Lucia PaiocchiFondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.
Lorenzo Grazioli GauthierFondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.
Francesco Fulvio FaletraFondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.
Tiziano MoccettiFondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is the gold standard technique to comprehensively assess cardiac structure and function. A 64-year-old male, planned for surgical coronary revascularization, underwent transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography for a mitral regurgitation, with an eccentric jet of unclear mechanism; these examinations were inconclusive because of the lack of adequate visualization of the cardiac structures. A CMR was then performed to quantify mitral regurgitation and, additionally, it documented a giant hiatus hernia with gastric sliding into the thorax. In this case, CMR helped to better define the severity of a valvular disease and provided ancillary information from the extracardiac findings.

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Cardiac magnetic resonanceextracardiac findingshiatus herniamitral regurgitation quantification

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PMID31392127
PMCPMC6657467

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