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A Case Report: Point-of-care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Rupture

INTRODUCTION: Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare complication of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), typically discovered post-revascularization. CASE REPORT: We present the first case of VSR detected on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the emergency department immediately prior t...

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Autores principales: Portuguese, Andrew J., Abdulla, Khaled H., Vornovitsky, Michael, DeAngelis, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32926698
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.4.47073