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Figure 5 | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Figure 5

From: Comparison of conventional autopsy and magnetic resonance imaging in determining the cause of sudden death in the young

Figure 5

Post-mortem MRI scans for patients with false positive imaging and unexplained autopsy diagnosis. (A) Patient 7 with incorrect diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Short axis STIR showing asymmetrically increased wall thickness in the posterior left ventricular wall. (B) Patient 9 with incorrect diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. 4-chamber STIR showing relatively larger RV size in comparison to LV. (C) Patient 6 with incorrect diagnosis of pneumonia. STIR image through lung and heart showing appearance of lung consolidation with associated collapse bilaterally.

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