Abstract

A 22-year-old physically active man with no significant medical history was referred for evaluation of a cardiac murmur. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed a possible lateral wall aneurysm in the left ventricle (LV). Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) was performed with a 1.5-T clinical magnet. The examination consisted of the quantification of biventricular function with cine imaging; T1, T2, and proton density–weighted dark blood sequences; evaluation of first-pass myocardial perfusion; and the acquisition of delayed images for the presence of hyperenhancement. A large aneurysm-like structure …

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