Ventricular Septal Dissection Complicating Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction

Case Rep Cardiol. 2017:2017:9680891. doi: 10.1155/2017/9680891. Epub 2017 Mar 15.

Abstract

Postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defect is an increasingly rare mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction. We present a case of acute myocardial infarction from right coronary artery occlusion that developed hypotension and systolic murmur 12 hours after successful percutaneous coronary intervention. Although preoperative imaging suggested a large ventricular septal defect and a pseudoaneurysm, intraoperative findings concluded a serpiginous dissection of the ventricular septum. The imaging technicalities are discussed.

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