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Left ventricular apex rupture in STEMI
Author(s) -
Mohamed Amr
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4332
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiogenic shock , cardiology , myocardial infarction , shock (circulatory) , heart failure , radiology
The key clinical message is to know that mechanical complications of myocardial infarction are rare but fatal. A high index of suspicion facilitates diagnosis. The presence of acute heart failure should ring an alarm. Other red flags are cardiogenic shock, new murmur, or evidence of hypoperfusion.

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