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Chronic Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) affects 1.7 million individuals within the United States annually and is an inevitable fatal in 25% of these patients and thus is one of the leading causes of sudden cardiac death (SCD). Among those who survive the immediate effects of an AMI, long-term complications can occur following the event, which may manifest within the acute-phase period or weeks following the infarction. These entities can be readily diagnosed via echocardiography, the gold standard, for imaging cardiac structures. Acute complications have been discussed in a previous chapter. This chapter will discuss the chronic complications of an AMI, which include ventricular aneurysm, ventricular pseudoaneurysm, left ventricular thrombus formation, and infarct expansion/cardiac remodeling.

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Joshi, S., Janis, G., Herzog, E. (2009). Chronic Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction. In: Herzog, E., Chaudhry, F. (eds) Echocardiography in Acute Coronary Syndrome. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-027-2_21

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