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Live Three‐Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiographic Delineation of Ventricular Septal Rupture Following Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Vengala Srinivas,
Nanda Navin C.,
Mehmood Farhat,
Dod Harvinder S.,
Khanna Deepak,
Sinha Ashish,
McGiffin David C.
Publication year - 2004
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/j.0742-2822.2004.04063.x
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , myocardial infarction , electrocardiography in myocardial infarction
We present an elderly patient with ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction in whom live three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography allowed comprehensive noninvasive assessment of the location, shape, and size of the septal defect, which could be clearly visualized en face from both left and right ventricular aspects.