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Left ventricular free wall impeding rupture in post-myocardial infarction period diagnosed by myocardial contrast echocardiography: Case report

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular free wall rupture occurs in up to 10% of the in-hospital deaths following myocardial infarction. It is mainly associated with posterolateral myocardial infarction and its antemortem diagnosis is rarely made. Contrast echocardiography has been increasingly used for the ev...

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Autores principales: da Trindade, Maria Luciana Zacarias Hannouche, Tsutsui, Jeane Mike, Rodrigues, Ana Clara Tude, Caldas, Márcia Azevedo, Ramires, José Antônio Franchini, Mathias, Wilson
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1395330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16438720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-4-7