Sickle-cell and alpha-thalassemia traits resulting in non-atherosclerotic myocardial infarction: Beyond coincidence?

Figure 1 Forty-six-year-old woman, carrier of sickle-cell trait and alpha-thalassemia trait, presenting with silent myocardial infarction. Findings and technique Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showing (red circle) focal subendocardial late gadolinium enhancement in one apical-lateral segment (75% transmurality). A: Short axis view of the left ventricle with late gadolinium enhancement imaging using a Phase Sensitive Inversion Recovery (PSIR) sequence, 10 min after gadolinium infusion; B: F chamber view in PSIR sequence, 10 min after gadolinium infusion.