Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in unclear cases of ventricular interdependence: a case series.

Alex Moseley, Wojciech Mazur, Saad Ahmad

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Article in European heart journal. Case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alex MoseleyDivision of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 234 Goodman Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8858-2396

Wojciech MazurDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, The Christ Hospital, 2139 Auburn Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9672-1184

Saad AhmadDivision of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 234 Goodman Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5227-3623

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Abstract

backgroundDiagnosis of constrictive pericarditis requires demonstration of interventricular interdependence which can prove difficult even with invasive haemodynamics. Its treatment requires invasive surgical procedures prior to which diagnostic certainty is necessary. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an underutilized tool for identification of this pathology. CASE SUMMARY: We present two cases of heart failure due to interventricular interdependence with inconclusive invasive haemodynamic. Prior to recommending invasive surgical treatment, confirmation of the diagnosis was required. This was achieved using cardiac MRI leading to pericardiectomy followed by clinical improvement. DISCUSSION: These cases demonstrate the clinical utility, sensitivity, and specificity of cardiac MRI for ventricular interdependence.

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Cardiac magnetic resonance imagingPericardial constrictionVentricular interdependence

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PMID34286179

DOI10.1093/ehjcr/ytab223

PMCPMC8286845

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