Dolor tóraco-abdominal: "Si miras el corazón, encontrarás la razón". Serie de casos / Thoracic and abdominal pain, if you look at the heart you may find its cause: a case series
Rev. chil. cardiol
; 42(2): 102-106, ago. 2023. ilus
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RESUMEN
La isquemia miocárdica es un fenómeno secundario a la perfusión insuficiente del músculo cardíaco que en algunos casos puede ocurrir de forma aguda llevando a la necrosis celular y constituyendo el infarto agudo al miocardio (IAM). A pesar de que el diagnóstico de IAM es principalmente clínico, en ciertos casos en que no se sospeche de forma activa por presentar síntomas no típicos de isquemia miocárdica, el diagnóstico puede sugerirse por la Tomografía Computarizada (TC), que puede mostrar hallazgos sugerentes de IAM. A continuación, se comunica una serie de 4 casos clínicos con diagnóstico imagenológico incidental de IAM.
ABSTRACT
Myocardial ischemia is secondary to myocardial under perfusion. It can develop acutely leading to cell necrosis and myocardial infarction (AMI), or have a chronic course. Though the diagnosis of AMI is mainly clinical, in certain cases the symptoms may be atypical and the diagnosis can be suggested by images such as Computed Tomography (CT). Herein we report a series of 4 clinical cases with diagnosis of AMI following incidental CT imaging. There was an abdominal pain in 3 patients and a cervical pain in the remaining one. CT scan showed a hypodense myocardial image. The final diagnosis was confirmed by the appropriate laboratory and angiographic methods.
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Main subject:
Abdominal Pain
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Myocardial Ischemia
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Neck Pain
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Es
Journal:
Rev. chil. cardiol
Journal subject:
CARDIOLOGIA
Year:
2023
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Article