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HEMORRHAGIC MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION COMPLICATED BY FREE WALL‐RUPTURE: A CASE ASSOCIATED WITH UNUSUAL CLINICAL FEATURES FOLLOWING INTRAVENOUS THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY
Author(s) -
TWIDALE N.,
HENRY L.,
MORPHETT A.,
TONKIN A. M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1989.tb00223.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , autopsy , complication , cardiology , infarction , surgery
A patient is described who developed a systolic murmur soon after she was administered intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. She died and autopsy revealed extensive hemorrhagic myocardial infarction and a free‐wall rupture. A review of the literature suggests that this may be an unusual complication of thrombolytic therapy.