Case 5: The Mid-ventricular Short Axis View in a Patient After Anteroseptal Myocardial Infarction (Back to Indications for Cardiovascular MRI)

Double oblique imaging plane: Anterior chest wall on image left, back toward lower right, head toward upper right.

This view is convenient for qualitative assessment of regional wall motion abnormalities. For example, the four arrows point to the septum, anterior septum, and anterior wall in an area that appears abnormally thin and does not thicken consistent with an old myocardial infarction.