Appropriate Surgical Repair of Ventricular Free Wall Rupture after Infarction: a Case Report

Ventricular free wall rupture is a fatal mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction. In some cases it can be represented as subacute clinic and may not cause death in a few minutes. Acute pseudo-aneurysms are extremely unstable and bound to fatal rupture. Herein we report a male patient...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sanrı, Umut Serhat, Özsin, Kadir Kaan, Toktaş, Faruk, Yavuz, Şenol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6894036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31793256
http://dx.doi.org/10.21470/1678-9741-2018-0205
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Sumario:Ventricular free wall rupture is a fatal mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction. In some cases it can be represented as subacute clinic and may not cause death in a few minutes. Acute pseudo-aneurysms are extremely unstable and bound to fatal rupture. Herein we report a male patient who suffered dyspnea and mild chest pain, 4 weeks after acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

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