Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture in Transmural Myocardial Infarction

Left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR) is a grave complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI). We report a case of a 73-year-old male who developed LVFWR five days after a transmural MI. The diagnosis was confirmed with echocardiography, which showed a large pericardial effusion with a clot...

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Autores principales: Khalid, Sidra, Seepana, Jyothirmai, Sundhu, Murtaza, Maroo, Praful
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5656223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29075588
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1610

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