ArticleJACC. Case reports2025
Acute Left Anterior Descending Occlusion Myocardial Infarction Incidentally Found on Surveillance Computed Tomography.
Article in JACC. Case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Advances in computed tomography (CT) scanner technology and faster image acquisition have enabled improved visualization of cardiac structures, even on routine noncardiac chest CT scans. Recognition of incidental cardiac findings is crucial as they may signal underlying pathology. A 60-year-old woman with metastatic gastroesophageal junction cancer underwent outpatient surveillance CT which revealed decreased density of the left ventricular myocardium at the mid and apical anterior walls and septum, concerning for myocardial ischemia or infarction. Although asymptomatic and without cardiac history, she had markedly elevated troponin levels and was found to have an acute occlusion in the mid-left anterior descending artery, successfully treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. This case highlights the value of recognizing incidental myocardial hypoperfusion on noncardiovascular CT imaging. The literature describes hypoattenuation as a marker of acute myocardial infarction, but its detection in asymptomatic patients raises diagnostic and management challenges.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.