Computed Tomography Demonstration of Lipomatous Metaplasia of the Left Ventricle Following Myocardial Infarction

Abstract:Replacement of myocardium by fat, particularly of the right ventricle, is often diagnosed as arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. At autopsy, however, 68% of scars associated with chronic ischemic heart disease have shown fatty metaplasia in the scar. Four patients with a past histor