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MINOCA-induced apical ballooning case report: a diagnostic conundrum.

Moez DungarwallaPolyvios DemetriadesMartin BeenJamal Nasir Khan
Published in: European heart journal. Case reports (2021)
Imaging adjuncts played a vital role in both diagnosing the underlying MINOCA as well as revealing and planning closure of the resultant VSD. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging played an instrumental role in establishing the patient's primary pathology and in planning a remediation of the structural defect. Structural myocardial defects in a patient with a diagnosis of TTC should prompt clinicians to further investigate whether there is an underlying infarct aetiology (MINOCA).
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