Ventricular Septal Rupture in 2 Patients Presenting Late after Myocardial Infarction during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) following myocardial infarction is rare in the reperfusion era. The decrease in patients presenting with myocardial infarction during the coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could result in more frequent VSR. This report describes two patients with VSR presenting la...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Parikh, Malav, Busman, Meredith, Dickinson, Michael, Wohns, David, Madder, Ryan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Mini-Focus Issue: Covid-19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7511178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32989437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.023
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Sumario:Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) following myocardial infarction is rare in the reperfusion era. The decrease in patients presenting with myocardial infarction during the coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could result in more frequent VSR. This report describes two patients with VSR presenting late after myocardial infarction and treated at a single institution. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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