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Left Ventricular Rupture after Embolic Myocardial Infarction Due to Mitral Valve Endocarditis
Author(s) -
Caspar Thibault,
Delabranche Xavier,
Mazzucotelli JeanPhilippe,
Samet Hafida,
Morel Olivier,
Ohlmann Patrick
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.12508
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , myocardial infarction , infective endocarditis , endocarditis , mitral valve , electrocardiography in myocardial infarction , left ventricular aneurysm , heart aneurysm
We report a very rare case of a 43‐year‐old patient with fatal left ventricular subepicardial aneurysm rupture complicating embolic myocardial infarction due to mitral valve infective endocarditis.