Dressler's syndrome demonstrated by late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

ABSTRACT: A 49-year old patient presented late with an anterolateral ST-elevation myocardial infarction and was treated with rescue angioplasty to an occluded left anterior descending artery. Her recovery was complicated by low-grade pyrexia and raised inflammatory markers. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance 5 weeks after the acute presentation showed transmural infarction and global late gadolinium enhancement of the pericardium in keeping with Dressler's syndrome.

SUBMITTER: Steadman CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2723097 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature