Double Ventricular Rupture After Inferolateral Myocardial Infarction: A Rare Mechanical Complication

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Jun 24;12(12):e101-e102. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.03.014. Epub 2019 May 29.

Authors

Joana Rigueira¹, Gustavo Lima da Silva², Pedro Canas da Silva², Fausto J Pinto², Pedro Pinto Cardoso²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Santa Maria University Hospital (CHULN), Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa (CCUL), Lisbon School of Medicine, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Cardiology Department, Santa Maria University Hospital (CHULN), Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa (CCUL), Lisbon School of Medicine, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.

PMID: 31153844
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.03.014

No abstract available

Keywords: acute myocardial infarction; mechanical complication; ventricular rupture.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Occlusion / complications*
Coronary Occlusion / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Occlusion / physiopathology
Coronary Occlusion / surgery
Emergencies
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / etiology*
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / physiopathology
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / surgery
Humans
Pericardial Effusion / etiology
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / surgery
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Septal Rupture / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Septal Rupture / etiology*
Ventricular Septal Rupture / physiopathology
Ventricular Septal Rupture / surgery