Subacute rupture of the free left ventricular wall following acute myocardial infarction. Successful surgery in a case.
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by International Heart Journal (Japanese Heart Journal) in Japanese Heart Journal
- Vol. 31 (5) , 745-748
- https://doi.org/10.1536/ihj.31.745
Abstract
Free left ventricular wall rupture following acute myocardial infarction usually results in cardiac tamponade and sudden death. Occasionally, the bleeding into the pericardial sac is arrested by the surrounding pericardial tissue causing formation of a pseudoaneurysm. The case herein reported presented with a refractory pericardial effusion 1 month after an anterior myocardial infarction. While echocardiography failed to reveal a pseudoaneurysm or to localize a rupture, cineventriculography disclosed the diagnosis of a minimal rupture of the left ventricular free wall. The patient was successfully treated by surgery.Keywords
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