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Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Subacute Ventricular Wall Rupture Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
MARCÌ MARCELLO,
AJELLO ABELE,
DI FRANCESCO MICHELE,
MARINA FLORESTA AGATA,
LOJACONO FRANCESCA,
BATTAGLIA ANTONINO
Publication year - 1999
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.1540-8175.1999.tb00106.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardiocentesis , cardiac rupture , myocardial infarction , cardiology , heart rupture , surgery , cardiac tamponade
Rupture of ventricular wall is one of the most threatening complications of acute myocardial infarction. As a rule, it is rapidly lethal, and a precise diagnosis is seldom possible. On the contrary, in the so‐called subacute ruptures (about one third of all cases), patients can survive for several hours, allowing time for diagnosis and immediate surgical intervention. We report here the case of one patient with subacute cardiac rupture who was diagnosed with echocardiography and successfully treated with pericardiocentesis and surgery.