Fatal Huge Left Free Wall Ventricular Rupture after Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction

A 77-year-old man, with a recent history of an acute inferior myocardial infarction, was referred to our hospital with echocardiographic and clinical signs of left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR). The intraoperative finding demonstrated a huge double LVFWR. The inferoposterior wall was dramati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Formica, Francesco, Mariani, Silvia, Ferro, Orazio, Paolini, Giovanni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24826294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/691971
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Sumario:A 77-year-old man, with a recent history of an acute inferior myocardial infarction, was referred to our hospital with echocardiographic and clinical signs of left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR). The intraoperative finding demonstrated a huge double LVFWR. The inferoposterior wall was dramatically destroyed without any possibility to repair.

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