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And the case the case number three here has I'm

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going to show some still images here first.

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Oh, actually the video is playing so which is good. This is the

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history here is a 55 year old

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man admitted admitted with acute chest pain here. We

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see a short axis image.

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Short access video just notice the left ventricle right

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ventricle entry wall septum in free

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wall and the lateral wall.

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I'm now going to go on to another video

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which is delayed enhancement date

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gallium enhancement.

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So we have a combination of wall motion

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and late galum enhancement. I'm going to let this late Gallery enhancements

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image play.

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And the first question based on this case is

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perhaps the organizers can

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put the first question up here just move this. Okay. So

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the question one is regarding the

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cause of the Imaging findings.

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If we can just take I'm in the interest sometime. I'm

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not going to read all through all the choices, but

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we'll discuss the correct choice in a few

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seconds. Once the audience has had time to answer.

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Which of the following is the correct statement? Okay, the

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correct answer is B good excellent. So patient

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has had a my card in function the LED distribution.

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And should be managed. Medically. The reason is notice

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the bright area involving the southern accordion the

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entry wall entry septum antrilateral and

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all the apical segments notice. There's almost

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full thickness. I'm going to play is still image now. I'm just

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going to keep it still image now to emphasize the features.

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Notice the near transmiral late gallium enhancement

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in the LED distribution. This is a non-viable and

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three of my Kindle infant due to left entry to

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the LED left Antony decent

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in coronary artery obstruction. And because it's non-viable

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the thickness of the enhanced tissue and

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in addition, there's wall thinning. It's greater than

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50% This is non-viable It's unlike to recover with surgical management.

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The patient should be managed medically. So

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it's a LED distribution currently in

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fatal enhancement involves into

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cardium, which is a typical finding in

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in fact, and it's in coronary artery distribution notably

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the LED distribution.

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And they enhancement is near transmiro indicating

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that it's nonviable in general if enhancements or 50%

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It's non-viable and paste the best management ICD placement

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can be considered in patients who have low ejection fractions, but

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in general if if it does not improve by

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medical management at 3 typically after a time period of

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optimal medical management three to four months after an infant

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of the

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if the ejection fraction is under 35% and

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the patient's risk of certain death and nicely can

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be considered but not immediately at discharge from the hospital. So LED,

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in fact nonviable best management.

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I'm going to keep this image up while we just reviewed two more questions regarding this

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case, which of the following sequences is used for

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viability Imaging routine clinical practice. So the question is

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pertaining to this sequence here. What what

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sequence is it T1

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weighted spin echo28. It's been Echo T1

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in version recovery grade Neko T1 mapping or a

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non contrast steady state representation sequence. Let's have

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a poll of what people think this particular sequence.

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It's a bread and butter sequence for County comma

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Later, I live enhancement and delayed and enhancement can be

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used describe a different terms.

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Okay. Well the correct answer according to

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the poll is T1 weighted Terrace Post-it turbo spinach and unfortunately,

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that's not right. The correct answer is C. It's a

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T1 weighted post contrast inversion recovery sequencer

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in version prepounces used to suppress the normal

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myocardium. So

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it's a T1 weighted sequence because we give gamblingium and

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gadolinium is T1 shocking agents. So we have to use a excuse me.

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So we have to use a T1 base sequence.

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It's an inversion recovery sequence. We suppressed

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the normal myocardium and abnormal. Myocardium

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is bright because the normal my economy suppressed and

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we use a t-1 weighted sequence as galim is

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T1 shortening agent and gadolinium is

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retained in areas of abnormal myocardium typically in

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infants fibrotic tissue infiltrated tissue. And

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so those areas become bright.

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It's T1 weighted post contrast inversion recovery. The inversion recovery

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pre-pulses used to suppress normal my economy.

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Okay, the last question pertaining to this case is

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Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding

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the applications of cardiacomori nishchemical

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disease, so we're looking for an incorrect statement.

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Okay good. So cardiacomar is

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not the test of choice for direct and atomically evaluation

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currently stenosis spatial institutions under 1 millimeter

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typically can be obtained only with cardiac

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CT or with capita and geography and those

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are needed for evaluation of direct anatomical

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snows in the coronary arteries. So all the other side advances

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of cardiac Mr. Highest spatial resolution access

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fact

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Higher sensory inspect for detecting. Ischemia

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It's appropriate valuation ventricular size and

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function is chemical disease can identify microvascular obstruction,

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which is a prognostic factor. However to directly identify anatomical

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coronary artery stenosis and obstruction either CT

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or cathode and geography is recommend Mr. Is

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not recommended for that purpose as of now and unliking the near future.

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Okay. Thank you. So that's case number three.

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Don't see any questions. So I think we'll proceed to

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case number four.

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Faculty

Anil Attili, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Michigan Medicine

Tags

Vascular

Myocardium

MRI

Cardiac