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Post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging provides the diagnosis following aortic rupture in an infant with treated aortic interruption

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2006

Andrew M. Taylor ,
Rod Jones  and
Graham Derrick
Andrew M. Taylor
Affiliation:
Cardiothoracic Unit, Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
Rod Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
Graham Derrick
Affiliation:
Cardiothoracic Unit, Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
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Abstract

In the United Kingdom, there has been a steady decline in the number of conventional autopsies performed in children. For cardiovascular disease, structural and not pathological considerations are often more important in defining the cause of death. Magnetic resonance imaging is now often used in the assessment of congenital cardiac malformations during life. In this case report, we demonstrate how post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging was able to establish the diagnosis of aortic rupture in a patient who had undergone surgical repair of aortic interruption. In this patient, the parents had declined conventional histopathological autopsy, but were happy to consent to magnetic resonance post-mortem assessment.

Keywords

Necroscopynon-invasive imagingcongenital cardiac diseasegreat vessels
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 81 - 83
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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